Meaning of hanger in English

(Definition of hanger from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of hanger from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of hanger

hanger
The hangers sell for $14 for a pack of 10.
If it's beef you're after, go for the coffee-rubbed hanger steak.
The company has since decamped to giant hangers nearby to accommodate their explosive growth.
From CBS News
I like the creative use of a stocking hanger.
I kept exploring simpler, easier methods to make book stands out of hangers.
He happened to have a wire hanger nearby.
So why wouldn't you care to perpetually hang a sprig just beyond your forehead with a re-purposed wire hanger wrapped tight around your head?
After a trip through the corridors, the merchant can be found in the tower hanger to the left.
Cuts like the flatiron or the hanger aren't that commonly sold, so they're not often prepackaged.
Then, they're pulled from their hangers, tossed in bins, and end up back in a room such as this one.
It was impossible to dismiss him as a mountebank, a paper hanger.
From TIME
The dim, narrow entrance, next to an airy bakery, is indicated only by an inconspicuous window displaying vintage sewing machines and clothing draped over hangers.
The security officers say she removed the blouse from a hanger, rolled it up and placed it in a bag she was carrying.
From ABC News
And what about the blouse that jumps off the hanger.
From ABC News
Another time, she testified, she almost dropped her baby when he hit her with a coat hanger.
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Translations of hanger

in Chinese (Traditional)
衣架…
in Chinese (Simplified)
衣架…
in Spanish
percha, percha [feminine]…
in Portuguese
cabide, cabide [masculine]…
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(服を掛ける)ハンガー, ハンガー…
askı…
cintre [masculine], cintre…
penjador…
klerenhanger…
ramínko…
bøjle…
gantungan…
ไม้แขวนเสื้อ…
mắc áo…
wieszak…
galge…
penyangkut baju…
der Aufhänger…
kleshenger [masculine], kleshenger, stropp…
옷걸이…
вішалка…
gruccia, attaccapanni…
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