[{"word":"hangings","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there."},{"definition":"A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village."},{"definition":"Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins or posters).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice."},{"definition":"The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters."}],"synonyms":["Abraham's balsam","a quick drop and a sudden stop","hempen elixir","necktie party"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hanging","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hangings"]}]