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coat hanger

Syllables: coat·hang·erUK/ˌkəʊ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə//ˌkoʊ̯t ˈhæ̝ŋɚ/

coat hanger noun: a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

coat hanger: a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the...
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Noun

coat hanger (plural coat hangers)

  1. A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

coat hanger meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Pashto and Tagalog

coat hanger in Tamil

சட்டைதூக்கி

coat hanger in Gujarati

device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
ટિંગણિયું ṭiṅgṇiyũ

coat hanger in Pashto

device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
لومړۍ تلاشۍ

coat hanger in Tagalog

device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
sabitan
More languagesFewer languages
coat hanger in Arabic
شَمَّاعَة šammāʕa, عَلَّاقَة ʕallāqa
coat hanger in Malay
penyangkut baju, gantungan, penyangkut
coat hanger in Indonesian
gantungan
coat hanger in Persian
چوبرختی čub-raxti, چوب لباسی čub-e lebâsi, جا لباسی jâ lebâsi, رختآویز raxt-âviz
coat hanger in Vietnamese
mắc áo, móc

Synonyms of coat hanger

Forms of coat hanger

pluralcoat hangers
alternative formcoathanger
alternative formcoat-hanger

Questions about coat hanger

What does coat hanger mean?
Coat hanger means a device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.
What is coat hanger in Tamil?
Coat hanger in Tamil is சட்டைதூக்கி. See Coat hanger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coat hanger?
Coat hanger is a noun.
How do you pronounce coat hanger?
Coat hanger is pronounced /ˌkəʊ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə/ (UK).
What is the plural of coat hanger?
The plural of coat hanger is coat hangers.

Words near coat hanger in the dictionary

  1. coat card
  2. coat cards
  3. coat check
  4. coat checks
  5. coat color dilution lethal
  6. coat hanger
  7. coat hangers
  8. coat hook
  9. coat hooks
  10. coat link
  11. coat links

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coat hanger (page history and authors); coat hanger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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