Gallows and Tree

Gallows

Gallows noun - An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.

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Synonyms for Gallows

Tree and gallows are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tree" instead a noun "Gallows". popular alternative

Tree

Tree noun - A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms.

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Synonyms for Tree

Gallows and tree are semantically related. You can use "Gallows" instead a noun "Tree". popular alternative

Nearby Words: treed, treeless

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little	little gallows	little tree
new	new gallows	new tree

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In "The Grateful Beasts", Ferko, blinded and crippled by his brothers, rests under what he thinks is a tree; it's a gallows.

Source: Creepy Crows
Hanging someone by the gallows in history (see: Haman from The Bible) involved chopping down a tree and shaving (most) of the branches off so it resembled a huge spike.

Source: Cruel And Unusual Death / Real Life
He stumbles under a gallows tree, however, and overhears two ravens talking about the medicinal properties of the dew which falls on the hill and the lake below it.

Source: Literature / The Grateful Beasts

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