clothes hanger
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- noun
- /kloʊðz ˈhæŋər/
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- She has an officer's cap on her head, a tray with my evening meal in both hands, and gripped between her teeth is the hook of a clothes hanger on which a uniform hangs under a plastic cover.
- a plastic clothes hanger
Examples
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In a few weeks, Cam, a fourteen-year-old, would move in with a turbulence of boxes, clothes hangers, strange smells, and uncomfortable eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
He's got a clothes hanger and he's trying to get the lock off.
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You just had to find someone with a wire clothes hanger, or if you were at a store, run back in and purchase one.
Blog text (28) -
One drawer of a chest is still open; a clothes hanger is lying under the bed.
Fiction book (1997) -
OK, so I'm going to put the clothes hangers back in the clothes hanger or.
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It's being lowered by a giant clothes hanger, a rope, and there's three hiking clips.
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String your ornaments onto the coat hanger by the tops one by one until you have a full string, then simply twist the clothes hanger around itself until it's secure at the top.
Blog text (29) -
To keep my dress neat, I hung it on a clothes hanger in the closet.
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She organized her outfits by color on several clothes hangers in the wardrobe.
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After washing the shirt, I placed it on a clothes hanger to dry.
Synonyms
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A shaped piece of wood, plastic or metal that holds clothes in a closet
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A frame like human shoulders for hanging coats to keep their shape
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A stand with hooks for hanging coats and hats
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A stand with hooks for hanging coats and hats near the door
A hanger shaped like shoulders for holding clothes like dresses
A tall stand with hooks for hanging coats and hats
A standing pole with hooks for hanging coats and hats
A frame for hanging clothes to dry or to display them
A frame for hanging wet clothes to dry indoors
How Supportive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'clothes' (garments) with 'hanger' (a device for suspending items); a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it is a hanger for clothes. This is a literal noun–noun compound following a common cross-linguistic pattern, so the sense is immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
Clothes hanger comes from its shape: the hanger looks like shoulders so the clothes can 'hang' without creases. That's why the name means a tool to 'keep' them 'neat' when you store them.