hangar
a shed or shelter.
any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.
to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar: She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.
Origin of hangar
1Words that may be confused with hangar
- hangar , hanger
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How to use hangar in a sentence
So now, the SLS is back in its hangar, with engineers working on that final problem—and confident they can fix it.
Inside, researchers populate the hangar with structures mimicking skyscrapers, houses and trees, or shapes representing the bumps and dips of the ground surface.
Scientists hope to mimic the most extreme hurricane conditions | Carolyn Gramling | May 31, 2022 | Science NewsWhiteKnightTwo, carrying SpaceShipTwo, sits on display outside the hangar facility at Spaceport America on October 17, 2011 in New Mexico.
The Booming Space Industry Is Fueling a Spaceport Boondoggle | Alexandra Marvar | February 28, 2022 | The Daily BeastOn a windless morning in early December, David Johnson of Fells Point pulled his four-seat plane from a hangar at Martin State Airport.
The single moment from her Hannity interview that attracted the most attention was when she lamented the sorry state of affairs in California — as evidenced by the complaints of the guy who owned the airline hangar next to hers.
Why is Caitlyn Jenner running this particular campaign? | Philip Bump | May 6, 2021 | Washington Post
I walked across the runway to the large hangar we were housed in.
We spent one more night in the hangar and then we flew back.
It would not only save fuel and money but keep those scarce, high-demand aircraft in the air rather than the hangar.
America’s 60 Year-Old Nuclear Bomber Might Finally Get a New Engine | Bill Sweetman | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe lives in Building 5, a white structure whose exterior suggests an airplane hangar.
From PTSD to Prison: Why Veterans Become Criminals | Matthew Wolfe | July 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSharples was brought on after Frank Gehry's replacement Ellerbe Becket's designs were compared to an airplane hangar.
And it flashed back in crimson splendor from the gleaming hull that floated from the hangar and came to rest upon the snowy world.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931 | VariousThe morning mail lay before him on the table in the little hangar office.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) TheissHe hung up the telephone receiver and skipped out into the hangar to start his engine to warming.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) TheissJohnnie didnt know what was wrong, and of course he didnt make inquiries in a rivals hangar.
The Flying Reporter | Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) TheissThe hangar was also used as a store for many articles which had been crowded into odd corners or rescued from the snow outside.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for hangar
/ (ˈhæŋə) /
a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
Origin of hangar
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