hanger

n.

1. One who hangs something: a house painter who also works as a paperhanger.
2. A contrivance to which something hangs or by which something is hung, as:
   1. A device around which a garment is draped for hanging from a hook or rod.
   2. A loop or strap by which something is hung.
3. A bracket on the spring shackle of a motor vehicle, designed to hold it to the chassis.
4. A decorative strip of cloth hung on a garment or wall.
5. A short sword that may be hung from a belt.

1. A wire, strap, or rod attached to an overhead structure, used to support a pipe, conduit, the framework of a suspended ceiling, or the like.
2. A U-shaped, stirrup-like bracket used to support the end of a beam or joist at a masonry

hanger, 1

hanger, 2

wall or girder.
3. Any device used to suspend one item or object from another item or object.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Anything from which something can be draped; A worker who suspends something.

Tutor's tip: The engineer put his jacket on a "hanger" (a curved frame that holds clothes) and began working on the airplanes in the "hangar" (a shelter for airplanes).

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - bøjle, strop, krog

2.
n. - huggert, hirschfænger

Nederlands (Dutch)
(kleer)hanger, hangend sieraad, lus, pothaak, ophangkabel, hartsvanger, beboste helling, beul

Français (French)
1.
n. - personne qui pose/accroche (qch, du papier peint), crochet de suspension, (Mécan) suspenseur, cintre

2.
n. - (GB) bois sur le versant d'une colline

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kleiderbügel, Aufhänger

2.
n. - steiler bewaldeter Abhang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρεμάστρα

Italiano (Italian)
gancio, staffa, boschetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cabide (m)

Русский (Russian)
палач, крюк, то, что подвешено, лес на склоне горы

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - percha, colgadero

2.
n. - partidario de la pena de muerte

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klädhängare, uppsättare, skogsbacke

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
绞刑执行者, 衣架

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 絞刑執行者, 衣架

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 매다는 사람, 붙이는 사람, 교수형 집행자

2.
n. - 배다는 것, 양복걸이, 광고

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 物を掛ける道具, ハンガー, 洋服掛け

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشانق, الجلاد, سيف صغير يستعمله البحارة, غابه في أرض منحدرة, عروة في حماله السيف, عروة في الثوب, حماله أو تعليقه الثياب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תולה, מתלה, קולב‬
n. - ‮יער במדרון תלול‬

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purse hanger	insta hanger
wreath hanger	Hanger Dust Covers