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hanger

[ hang-er ]

noun

  1. a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging hang a garment when not in use.
  2. a part of something by which it is hung, hung, as a loop on a garment.
  3. a contrivance on which things are hung, hung, as a hook.
  4. Automotive. a double-hinged device linking the chassis with the leaf springs on vehicles having solid axles.
  5. a light saber of the 17th and 18th centuries, often worn by sailors.
  6. a person who hangs something.

hanger

/ ˈhæŋə /

noun

    1. any support, such as a hook, strap, peg, or loop, on or by which something may be hung
    1. a person who hangs something
    2. ( in combination )

      paperhanger

  3. 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. a wood on a steep hillside, characteristically beech growing on chalk in southern England
    1. a loop or strap on a sword belt from which a short sword or dagger was hung
    2. the weapon itself

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hanger1

1400–50; late Middle English hangere; hang, -er 1

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