: a stand or rack fitted with pegs, hooks, or hangers and used for the temporary storage of garments
Examples of coatrack in a Sentence
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The pendant lamp was crafted from an old coatrack; the pillow is by Jonathan Adler.
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Anna Logan, Country Living, 21 June 2023
Humphrey’s book, has a coatrack made from a tree branch.
—oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2023
Perrone sat at his desk, vape pen in hand, a photo of Ron Carey on the wall behind him and a black Teamsters jacket hanging on a coatrack nearby.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
Her wrap lands somewhere in the vicinity of the coatrack.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
Hanging hooks take the place of a traditional coatrack, and a basket beneath the bench organizes small items.
—Katie Bandurski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
This is awful news for Tom, who resorts to desperate measures — from the provocative (a story about Nero’s relationship to the slave boy Sporus) to the merely petty (knocking over a coatrack).
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2021
By the late 1990s, McConnell—a politician who normally displays the emotional range of a coatrack—was the most passionate opponent of any effort to rein in the wealthy through campaign finance reform.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
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Anna Logan, Country Living, 21 June 2023
Humphrey’s book, has a coatrack made from a tree branch.
—oregonlive, 31 Jan. 2023
Perrone sat at his desk, vape pen in hand, a photo of Ron Carey on the wall behind him and a black Teamsters jacket hanging on a coatrack nearby.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
Her wrap lands somewhere in the vicinity of the coatrack.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022
Hanging hooks take the place of a traditional coatrack, and a basket beneath the bench organizes small items.
—Katie Bandurski, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
This is awful news for Tom, who resorts to desperate measures — from the provocative (a story about Nero’s relationship to the slave boy Sporus) to the merely petty (knocking over a coatrack).
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2021
By the late 1990s, McConnell—a politician who normally displays the emotional range of a coatrack—was the most passionate opponent of any effort to rein in the wealthy through campaign finance reform.
—Win McCormack, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
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“Coatrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coatrack. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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