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hanging

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hanging (noun)
  2. paperhanging (noun)
  3. pulpit cloth (noun)
  4. tile hanging (noun)
  5. wall hanging (noun)

2hanging

noun

Definition of HANGING

1
: an execution by strangling or breaking the neck by a suspended noose
2
: something hung: as a : curtain b : a covering (as a tapestry) for a wall
3
: a downward slope : declivity
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Examples of HANGING

  1. The hanging was scheduled for 3 o'clock.
  2. He was sentenced to death by hanging.

First Known Use of HANGING

14th century

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