hanger (redirected from coat hangers)

hang·er  (hngr)

n.

1. One who hangs something: a house painter who also works as a paperhanger.

2. A contrivance to which something hangs or by which something is hung, as:

a. A device around which a garment is draped for hanging from a hook or rod.

b. A loop or strap by which something is hung.

3. A bracket on the spring shackle of a motor vehicle, designed to hold it to the chassis.

4. A decorative strip of cloth hung on a garment or wall.

5. A short sword that may be hung from a belt.

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hanger [ˈhæŋə]

n

1.

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

b.  See coat hanger

2.

a.  a person who hangs something

b.  (in combination) paperhanger

3. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) 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

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a wood on a steep hillside, characteristically beech growing on chalk in southern England

5. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms))

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

b.  the weapon itself

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hanger - a worker who hangs something         worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	2.	hanger - anything from which something can be hung clothes hanger, coat hanger, dress hanger - a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on strap - hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"

Translations

hanger [ˈhæŋəʳ] N (for clothes) → percha f, gancho m (LAm)

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hanger [ˈhæŋə^r] n (also coat hanger) → cintre m
hanger-on [ˌhæŋərˈɒn] n (pejorative) → parasite m
hang-glider [ˈhæŋglaɪdə^r] n → deltaplane® m
hang-gliding [ˈhæŋglaɪdɪŋ] n
to go hang-gliding → faire du deltaplane®

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hanger

n (for clothes) → (Kleider)bügel m; (= loop on garment) → Aufhänger m

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hanger [ˈhæŋəʳ] n (for clothes) → ometto, gruccia

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hanger [ˈhæŋəʳ] n (for clothes) → ometto, gruccia

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hanger → حمالة ثياب ramínko bøjle Kleiderbügel κρεμάστρα percha vaateripustin cintre vješalica gruccia ハンガー 옷걸이 kleerhanger henger wieszak cabide вешалка galge ไม้แขวนเสื้อ askı cái mắc áo 衣架