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 Definitions of hanger  [ˈhæŋ ər]  

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Definition of 'hanger' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hanger
a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usu. of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.

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

3.  hanger
a contrivance on which things are hung, as a hook.

4.  hanger
a person who hangs something.

Etymology:  (1400–50)

Definition of 'hanger' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hanger
a worker who hangs something

2. (noun) hanger
anything from which something can be hung


Definition of 'hanger' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) hanger
an object used for hanging jackets, shirts, etc. on


Definition of 'hanger' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hanger
one who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman

2. (noun) hanger
that by which a thing is suspended

3. (noun) hanger
a strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended

4. (noun) hanger
a part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft

5. (noun) hanger
a bridle iron

6. (noun) hanger
that which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword

7. (noun) hanger
a steep, wooded declivity


Translation of 'hanger' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (usuallyˈcoat-hanger) a shaped metal, wooden or plastic frame with a hook on which jackets, dresses etc are hung up.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: klerehanger Arabic flag Arabic: مِشْجَب، حَمّالَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: закачалка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cabide Czech flag Czech: ramínko German flag German: der Aufhänger
Danish flag Danish: bøjle Greek flag Greek: κρεμάστρα Spanish flag Spanish: percha
Estonian flag Estonian: riidepuu Farsi flag Farsi: جارختی Finnish flag Finnish: vaateripustin
French flag French: cintre Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹלָב Hindi flag Hindi: खूंटी
Croatian flag Croatian: vješalo, vješalica Hungarian flag Hungarian: akasztó Indonesian flag Indonesian: gantungan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: herðatré Italian flag Italian: gruccia, attaccapanni Japanese flag Japanese: 洋服掛け
Korean flag Korean: 옷걸이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pakaba Latvian flag Latvian: (drēbju) pakaramais
Malay flag Malay: penyangkut baju Dutch flag Dutch: klerehanger Norwegian flag Norwegian: kleshenger, stropp
Polish flag Polish: wieszak Persian flag Persian: جارختی Pashto flag Pashto: د خوب کالی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cabide Romanian flag Romanian: ume­raş Russian flag Russian: вешалка
Slovak flag Slovak: vešiak Slovenian flag Slovenian: obešalnik Serbian flag Serbian: vešalica
Swedish flag Swedish: galge Thai flag Thai: ไม้แขวนเสื้อ Turkish flag Turkish: askı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 掛鉤 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вішалка Urdu flag Urdu: کپڑے ٹانگنے کا دھات یا پل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mắc áo Chinese flag Chinese: 挂钩

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