GALLOWS TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gallows tree mean? 

• GALLOWS TREE (noun)
  The noun GALLOWS TREE has 1 sense:

1. alternative terms for gallows

  Familiarity information: GALLOWS TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLOWS TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative terms for gallows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gallous; gallows-tree; gallows tree; gibbet

Hypernyms ("gallows tree" is a kind of...):

gallows (an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging)