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gibbet

gib·bet

gibbet

 
pronunciation:
jI biht
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: a structure built for execution by hanging and for the public exhibition of those hanged, consisting of a vertical post to which a horizontal beam is attached at the top; gallows.
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: gibbets, gibbeting, gibbeted
definition: to execute or display on a gibbet.
similar words:
hang