hanger

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hang=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

hanger, n. 

•  One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.  [1913 Webster]
•  That by which a thing is suspended.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.  [1913 Webster]
•  A steep, wooded declivity.  Gilbert White.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hanger, n.
1 a person or thing that hangs.
2 (in full coat-hanger) a shaped piece of wood or plastic etc. from which clothes may be hung.

Idiom

hanger-on (pl. hangers-on) a follower or dependant, esp. an unwelcome one.

hanger, n. Brit. a wood on the side of a steep hill.

Etymology

OE hangra f. hangian HANG

THESAURUS

hanger

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