The criminal was sent to the gallows.
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Gallows
//ˈɡæloʊz//
Synonyms for "gallows" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
14 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmeronym
7 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 66 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مشنقة noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- مِشْنَقَة noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Armenian
1 entries- կախաղան noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dar ağacı noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Basque
1 entries- urkamendi noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Belarusian
1 entries- шы́беніца noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Bulgarian
2 entries- беси́лка noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- беси́ло noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြိုးစင် noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Catalan
1 entries- forca noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Chinese
1 entries- 絞刑架 /绞刑架 noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 絞刑架 /绞刑架 noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- 絞架 /绞架 noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Czech
1 entries- šibenice noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Danish
1 entries- galge noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Dutch
1 entries- galg noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Esperanto
2 entries- pendigilo noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- pendumilo noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Estonian
1 entries- võllas noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Faroese
1 entries- gálgi noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Finnish
3 entries- hirsi noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- hirsipuu noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- hirttopaikka noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
French
2 entries- gibet noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- potence noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Georgian
1 entries- სახრჩობელა noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
German
2 entries- Galge noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- Galgen noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Greek
2 entries- αγχόνη noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- κρεμάλα noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Hebrew
1 entries- גַּרְדּוֹם noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Hungarian
3 entries- akasztófa noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- bitó noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- bitófa noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Icelandic
1 entries- gálgi noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Irish
1 entries- croch noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Italian
2 entries- forca noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- patibolo noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Japanese
1 entries- 絞首台 noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Kazakh
2 entries- дар noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- дар ағашы noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Korean
1 entries- 교수대 noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- дар noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- дарга noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Latin
3 entries- arbor noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- gabalus noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- patibulum noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Latvian
1 entries- kārtavas noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kartuvės noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Low German
1 entries- Galgen noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gaalgen noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Macedonian
1 entries- бесилка noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Māori
2 entries- pou tārore noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- tārawa noun (any structure with posts and crossbeam for suspending objects.)
Nogai
1 entries- аскак noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Norman
1 entries- gibet noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sêdare noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Norwegian
1 entries- galge noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دار آغاجی noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Persian
2 entries- دار noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- چوبه دار noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Gaulj noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Polish
1 entries- szubienica noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Portuguese
2 entries- cadafalso noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- patíbulo noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Romanian
1 entries- spânzurătoare noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Russian
2 entries- ви́селица noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- ши́беница noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vešala noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- vjȅšala noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- šibenica noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- ве̏шала noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Slovak
1 entries- šibenica noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Slovene
1 entries- vislice noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Spanish
4 entries- cadahalso noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- cadalso noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- forca noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- horca noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Swedish
2 entries- galgbacke noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- galge noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Tagalog
1 entries- bibitayan noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Tajik
2 entries- дор noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- чӯбаи дор noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Tatar
1 entries- дар noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Thai
1 entries- ตะแลงแกง noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Turkish
1 entries- darağacı noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ши́бениця noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Uzbek
1 entries- dor noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giá treo cổ noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- giá xử giảo noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Vilamovian
1 entries- guolgia noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Welsh
1 entries- crocbren noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
West-Frisian
1 entries- galge noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Yiddish
1 entries- תּליה noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Zazaki
2 entries- darahenıki noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- darağaci noun (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
In truth, a man who renders everyone their due because he fears the gallows, acts under the sway and compulsion of others, and cannot be called just. But a man who does the same from a knowledge of the true reason for laws and their necessity, acts from a firm purpose and of his own accord, and is therefore properly called just.
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The gallows were already standing on the square.
Source: tatoeba (630121)
You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.
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