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Hanging

of Hang

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Narrower term 4

Arras 76% connected

Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dossel 76% connected

Same as Dorsal, n.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lambrequin 76% connected

A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tapestry 76% connected

A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff emp…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Decoration 76% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Executing 76% connected

of Execute

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Execution 76% connected

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ornamentation 76% connected

The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supporting 76% connected

of Support

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Hang 74% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hang 74% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suspend 74% connected

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suspend 74% connected

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Dangling 92% connected

of Dangle

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Suspension 92% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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