Dictionary Entry
gallows
gallows is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun sing and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Gallows. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1plural
of Gallows
- 2noun sing
A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.
- 3noun sing
A wretch who deserves the gallows.
- 4noun sing
The rest for the tympan when raised.
- 5noun sing
A pair of suspenders or braces.
- 6noun
an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
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