coathanger

noun
UK /ˈkəʊtˌhæŋə/
US /ˈkoʊtˌhæŋər/

A coathanger is a thing you use to hang up clothes.

She put her jacket on a coathanger in the closet.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A wire or plastic frame shaped like shoulders, used to keep a shirt or coat smooth.

He straightened the bent coathanger before hanging his shirt.

3. Something shaped like a hanger, such as a curved support.

The plant climbed up a coathanger-shaped trellis.

4. A person or device that hangs up coats in a cloakroom.

The coathanger at the theater took our tickets and coats.