garrote

garrote is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 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 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
2. transitive verb. To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
3. noun. an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

   Synonyms: garotte, garrotte

4. verb. strangle with an iron collar

   "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

   Synonyms: garotte, garrotte, scrag

Synonyms

garotte, garrotte, scrag

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in garrote:

garoter

Common word forms

garroted, garroter, garrotes, garroting

Words from these letters

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