hanger

Examples

• All

• Max, it's about time you started learning the hanger business.

  Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

• Will you bring me a hanger?

  The Graduate (1967)

• - Anybody here good with a coat hanger?

  Three Days of the Condor (1975)

• Three hundred dollar dress on a wire hanger!

  Mommie Dearest (1981)

• The hanger door is open; a breeze blows back a black silk tarpaulin, revealing the X-71's nose.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The hanger artistically displayed her photographs in the gallery.

• At the theater, the stage manager adjusted the hanger to ensure the curtains fell evenly.

Synonyms

M

mounter

vshanger

8.2

A person who puts pictures and jewels into frames or settings for display

is less technical and places everyday items on hooks or rails

Compounds

H

hanger-on

9 6.8

A person who stays close to someone to get help or money, often annoying

C

coat hanger

8 1.0

A frame like human shoulders for hanging coats to keep their shape

C

clothes hanger

1 1.0

A frame shaped like human shoulders for hanging clothes to keep them neat

D

dress hanger

1.4

A hanger shaped like shoulders for holding clothes like dresses

H

hanger and flogger

• Offensive

9.9

A person who criticizes others harshly and lowers their morale

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology