hanging

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
noun a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
noun the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Hanging is too good for him." — The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The hangings concealed the sofa on which Aladin lay. — Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers, Unknown
One day the girl was found hanging in the garret. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

wall hanging

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