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Definition: Hatrack |
HatrackNoun1. A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hatrack" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
Synonym: HatrackSynonym: coatrack (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Support | Board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hatrack river | 11 |
hatrack | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hatrack"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | varëse kapelash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | закачалка за шапки (hatstand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קולב לכובעים (hatstand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atrackhay вешалка для шляп (hatstand, hat-stand). (various references) vešalica za šešire (hat stand). (various references) percha para sombreros (hat-rack). (various references) hatthylla. (various references) ที่แขวนหมวก. (various references) şapka rafı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "hatrack": hatracks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-k-r-t" | |
-1 letter: chakra, charka. | |
-2 letters: arhat, carat, chark, chart, karat, ratch, thack, track. | |
-3 letters: acta, arak, arch, cark, cart, char, chat, haar, hack, hark, hart, kart, kata, khat, rack, rath, tach, tack, tahr, taka. | |
-4 letters: aah, act, aha, arc, ark, art, car, cat, hat, kat, rah, rat, tar. | |
-5 letters: aa, ah, ar, at, ha, ka, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-k-r-t" | |
+1 letter: hardtack, hatracks. | |
+2 letters: hardtacks. | |
+3 letters: blackheart, crankshaft, matchmaker, packthread, watchmaker. | |
+4 letters: apparatchik, blackhearts, crankshafts, leatherback, matchmakers, packthreads, watchmakers. | |
+5 letters: apparatchiki, apparatchiks, leatherbacks. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 74 72 61 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- - .-. .- -.-. -.- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110100 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a t r a c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0074 0072 0061 0063 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678684676977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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