English noun: instrument of execution | |||
1. | instrument of execution (artifact) an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person | ||
Broader (hypernym) | instrument | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | chair, death chair, death chamber, electric chair, gallows, garotte, garrote, garrotte, gas chamber, guillotine, hot seat, iron collar, stake | ||
Part holonym | scaffold | ||