clothes tree
Noun: An upright pole, typically freestanding, with pegs, hooks, or branches at the top, designed for hanging coats, hats, and other garments. It serves as a piece of furniture for temporary clothing storage, often found in hallways or bedrooms.
A "clothes tree" is used to hang items of clothing that are not currently being worn but are intended for reuse in the near future, such as coats, scarves, or hats. It is a functional and sometimes decorative alternative to a wall-mounted coat rack or a closet.
- Noun:
- He hung his wet raincoat on the clothes tree in the hallway.
- The antique oak clothes tree was adorned with several hats and a walking stick.
- Please don't overload the clothes tree; it might tip over.
- "to stand like a clothes tree": To stand very still and upright, often implying a passive or rigid posture.
- He just stood there like a clothes tree while everyone else was dancing.
- Coat rack: A more common general term for a stand with hooks for hanging coats. A coat rack can be a "clothes tree" or a wall-mounted version.
- Hall tree: A often more elaborate piece of hallway furniture that may include a clothes tree combined with a seat and sometimes a mirror.
- Hatstand: A term, more common in British English, synonymous with "clothes tree."
- Coat stand
- Hatstand
- Portmanteau (archaic, referring to a specific style of clothes tree)
(Note: "Clothes tree" itself is not typically used in phrasal verbs. The related phrases involve its function.) - To be hung out to dry: An idiom meaning to be left in a difficult situation without support. While related to drying clothes, it is not directly associated with a "clothes tree."
(Note: There are no common idioms specifically featuring "clothes tree." The advanced usage example provided is a simile, not a fixed idiom.)
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an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing
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