coat rack

noun

A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use

“She put her coat and her hat on the coat rack when she entered her friend's apartment.”

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Meanings

nouncoat rack (plural coat racks)

plural coat racks · alternative coatrack · alternative coat-rack

  1. A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use

    She put her coat and her hat on the coat rack when she entered her friend's apartment.

    Synonyms: coatstand, hatstand, hatrack, clothes tree, coat tree, hat tree

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use

Similar
coatstandhatstandhatrackclothes treecoat treehat tree

More synonyms by meaning

nouna rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats

Similar
coatrackhatrack
Broader
rackstand
Also see
hat rackhat tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian закачалка за дрехи
  • закачалка за дрехи (zakačalka za drehi)rack for holding coats
Catalan penjador, penja-robes
  • penjadorrack for holding coats
  • penja-robesrack for holding coats
Czech věšák
  • věšákrack for holding coats
Dutch kapstok
  • kapstokrack for holding coats
French portemanteau
  • portemanteaurack for holding coats
German Garderobenständer, Kleiderständer
  • Garderobenständerrack for holding coats
  • Kleiderständerrack for holding coats
Irish crochadán, seastán cótaí
  • crochadánrack for holding coats
  • seastán cótaírack for holding coats
Māori whata pouheni
  • whata pouhenirack for holding coats
Polish wieszak
  • wieszakrack for holding coats
Scottish Gaelic sorchan-aodaich
  • sorchan-aodaichrack for holding coats
Spanish perchero
  • percherorack for holding coats
Swedish klädhängare, rockhängare
  • klädhängarerack for holding coats
  • rockhängarerack for holding coats
  • tamburmajorrack for holding coats
Turkish portmanto, askılık
  • portmantorack for holding coats
  • askılıkrack for holding coats
  • giysilikrack for holding coats
  • giysi askılığırack for holding coats
Welsh stand dillad
  • stand dilladrack for holding coats
Cite this entry
APA

coat rack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20rack

MLA

“coat rack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20rack. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coat rack,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20rack.

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