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hat-stand

hat-stand is the alternative spelling of hatstand.

Meaning of hatstand

Noun

hatstand (plural hatstands)

  1. (UK) A device used to store hats upon, consisting of a vertical pole with a sturdy base to prevent toppling, and an array of pegs to hold the hats.
    • I'm sure the Brunel-designed stone-built structure would have had a hatstand for his trademark stovepipe. I can picture him rocking up there of a morning and lobbing it nonchalantly onto the hatstand.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chippenham (1841)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57

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Forms of hat-stand

pluralhat-stands
alternative formhat stand

Questions about hat-stand

What is hat-stand the alternative spelling of?
Hat-stand is the alternative spelling of hatstand.

Words near hat-stand in the dictionary

  1. hat trick
  2. hat tricks
  3. Hat Yai
  4. hat-rack
  5. hat-racks
  6. hat-stand
  7. hat-stands
  8. hat-trick
  9. hat-tricks
  10. Hata
  11. hataalii

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