hanger
pronunciation
How to pronounce hanger in British English:
UK [ˈhæŋə(r)]
How to pronounce hanger in American English:
US [ˈhæŋɚ]
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- Noun:
- a worker who hangs something
- anything from which something can be hung
Word Origin
- hanger (n.)
- early 15c., "one who hangs (something)," especially "executioner," later also "one who chooses pictures for an exhibition;" agent noun from hang (v.). Meaning "something that is suspended" is late 15c. Meaning "thing from which something is hung" is from 1690s. Meaning "loop or strap in a garment for hanging on a peg" is from 1680s; of wood or wire coat or dress hangers from 1873. Hanger-on is from 1540s.
Example
- 1. Some people fold their blouses , but I like to hang mine on a hanger .
- 2. Cliff hanger : these people thrive on excitement , delay everything to the last minute and usually need a deadline to complete anything .
- 3. By morphing the function of the hanger with that of the folding chair , a new hybrid is born : a hanger chair that has a function , even when not in use , to store our clothes in an orderly fashion .
- 4. During the next seven years , he worked to preserve her corpse , replacing her flesh as it decayed with hanger wires , molded wax , and plaster of paris .
- 5. Huawei may call it a " stand " , but the hanger that looms over part of the mobile world congress in barcelona leaves little doubt about the scale of the chinese telecoms group 's ambitions .