hanger

[ hang-er ]
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noun
  1. a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.

  2. a part of something by which it is hung, as a loop on a garment.

  1. a contrivance on which things are hung, as a hook.

  2. Automotive. a double-hinged device linking the chassis with the leaf springs on vehicles having solid axles.

  3. a light saber of the 17th and 18th centuries, often worn by sailors.

  4. a person who hangs something.

Origin of hanger

1
1400–50; late Middle English hangere;see hang, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for hanger

hanger

/ (ˈhæŋə) /


noun
    • any support, such as a hook, strap, peg, or loop, on or by which something may be hung

    • a person who hangs something

    • (in combination): paperhanger

  1. a bracket designed to attach one part of a mechanical structure to another, such as the one that attaches the spring shackle of a motor car to the chassis

  2. a wood on a steep hillside, characteristically beech growing on chalk in southern England

    • a loop or strap on a sword belt from which a short sword or dagger was hung

    • the weapon itself

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