a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.
a part of something by which it is hung, as a loop on a garment.
a contrivance on which things are hung, as a hook.
Automotive. a double-hinged device linking the chassis with the leaf springs on vehicles having solid axles.
a light saber of the 17th and 18th centuries, often worn by sailors.
a person who hangs something.
Origin of hanger
1400–50; late Middle English hangere;see hang, -er1
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hanger
hangar, hanger
Words nearby hanger
hang by a thread, Hangchow, hangdog, hanged, drawn, and quartered, hanged for a sheep as a lamb, might as well be, hanger, hanger-on, hangfire, hang glider, hang gliding, hang, hanged
It was all about how much you can look like a hanger on the runway.
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A hanger found in a driveway in the 1500 block of Sixth Street caused suspicion.
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That same day, Hanger pulled over a beat-up Mercury Marquis with no license plates cruising down a highway headed to Kansas.
Oklahoma City Bombing’s Unanswered Questions in New Book|Michael Isikoff|April 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"No... no... no...," she said as she slid each garment aside on its hanger.
Sarah Palin or Danielle Steel?|Michael Solomon|November 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He drew his hanger; and for that instant his sun was at noon.
Peter and Wendy|James Matthew Barrie
One of them came up almost to my face, whereupon I rose in a fright, and drew out my hanger to defend myself.
The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites|Eva March Tappan
"Precisely," Hanger continued, as we proceeded towards the door.
The Cockaynes in Paris|Blanchard Jerrold
The other was square-built, with pistols in his belt, and a hanger at his side.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861|Various
He removed a suit coat from a hanger and left the office with it under his arm.
A Mixture of Genius|Arnold Castle
British Dictionary definitions for hanger
hanger
/ (ˈhæŋə) /
noun
any support, such as a hook, strap, peg, or loop, on or by which something may be hung
See coat hanger
a person who hangs something
(in combination)paperhanger
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
a wood on a steep hillside, characteristically beech growing on chalk in southern England
a loop or strap on a sword belt from which a short sword or dagger was hung