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Showing words for GALLOWS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Gallows

gallows

6 Letter Words for Gallows

allows, gallow, sallow, sawlog, swallo

5 Letter Words for Gallows

aglow, algol, allow, galls, glows, goals, gowls, lagos, ollas, salol, walls

4 Letter Words for Gallows

agos, allo, alls, alow, also, awls, gall, gals, glos, glow, goal, goas, gola, goll, gowl, lags, lalo, laos, laws, logs, lowa, lows, olla, owls, sago, sall, slag, slaw, slog, slow, sola, sowl, swag, wags, wall, wogs

3 Letter Words for Gallows

ago, ags, alg, all, alo, als, alw, asg, asl, awl, aws, gal, gas, gaw, goa, gol, gos, lag, lao, las, law, loa, log, los, low, lwl, oas, ola, owl, ows, sag, sal, sao, saw, sla, sog, sol, sow, swa, wag, was, woa, wog, wos

Definitions for Gallows

[1] a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights, on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.
[2] a similar structure from which something is suspended.
[3] execution by hanging: a crime deserving of the gallows.
[4] Also called gallows bitts . Nautical . a support on the deck of a vessel, generally one of two or more, consisting of a crosspiece on two uprights, for spars, boats, etc.
[5] a wooden structure usually consisting of two upright posts with a crossbeam from which a rope is suspended, used for hanging criminals
[6] any timber structure resembling this, such as (in Australia and New Zealand) a frame for hoisting up the bodies of slaughtered cattle
[7] the gallows execution by hanging

Words related to Gallows

scaffold, rope, hanging, noose, potence, gibbet

Words nearby Gallows

gallotannic acid, gallous, gallovidian, galloway, gallowglass, gallows, gallows bird, gallows frame, gallows humor, gallows humour, gallows tree

Origin of Gallows

before 900; Middle English galwes, Old English g(e)algan, plural of g(e)alga gallows; cognate with German Galgen

Word origin for Gallows

C13: from Old Norse galgi, replacing Old English gealga ; related to Old High German galgo

Synonyms for Gallows

gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, scaffold