dress hanger
- noun
- /drɛs ˈhæŋər/
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- I took the dress off the bed and hung it on a dress hanger to prevent wrinkles.
Examples
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After washing the jacket, he carefully placed it on a dress hanger to dry.
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She organized her closet and used a dress hanger to keep the blouse in shape.
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- There's not even a dress hanger in this dump.
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 frame shaped like human shoulders for hanging clothes to keep them neat
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Morphology
The meaning 'a hanger for dresses' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dress' (a garment) with 'hanger' (a tool for suspending clothes); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a hanger used for dresses (often shoulder-shaped). This noun‑noun compounding pattern is regular in English and common across languages, so the sense is predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Dress hanger comes from a simple picture: a hanger shaped like human shoulders so a dress can hang without losing its shape. So, the name means 'a hanger shaped like human shoulders'.