English Dictionary

hanger

/ˈhaŋ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc. / A person who attempts suicide by hanging. / A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. / A bridle iron.

The hanger in the closet is empty.

意味（1）

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman, paper hanger, etc.

意味（2）

A person who attempts suicide by hanging.

With the jumpers and the drowners, McGee, you don't pick up a pattern. That's because a jumper damned near always makes it the first time, and a drowner is usually almost as successful, about the same rate as hangers.

意味（3）

A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

意味（4）

A bridle iron.

意味（5）

A clothes hanger.

意味（6）

(now historical) A short and broad backsword, worn so to hang at the side, especially popular in the 18th century.

[H]is shoulder was graced with a broad buff belt, from whence depended a huge hanger with a hilt like that of a backsword […].

意味（7）

(UK) A steep, wooded slope.

About the tenth of July in the same Summer a pair of sparrow-hawks bred in an old crow's nest on a low beech in the same hanger; and as their brood, which was numerous, began to grow up, became so daring and ravenous, that they were a terror to all the dames in the village that had chickens or ducklings under their care.

意味（8）

(baseball, slang) A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.

意味（9）

(Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark

意味（10）

(climbing) A device secured by a bolt and used to attach a carabiner.

Climbers use anchors or bolts that are already placed in the rock. They clip onto them with metal hangers. Climbers don't need to place the anchors themselves, so they can focus on making the difficult climbing moves.