English dictionary

hanging

/'h/&//N//I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter.

adjective

Source: webster1913

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

noun.artifact

Examples
The cold castle walls were covered with hangings.

Synonyms wall hanging

Source: WordNet 3.0
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

noun.act

Examples
In those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment.

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

noun.act

Examples
There was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait.

Synonyms dangling suspension

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of suspending anything; the state of being suspended.

noun

Source: webster1913