A hat tree is the American English term for a hat rack or hatstand — that tall, branchy contraption in the hallway where coats and hats pile up until it collapses. The name is charmingly literal: it looks like a tree, you hang hats on it. In most modern homes it doubles as a dumping ground for everything from umbrellas to bags. Mostly a practical household item, though the term hat tree has a certain old-fashioned American domestic charm to it.
She threw her coat over the hat tree on the way in and forgot it there for two days.
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(US) A hat rack; hatstand.
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