hangar

[ hang-er ]

noun

1. a shed or shelter.
2. any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar:

   She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.

hangar

/ ˈhæŋə /

noun

1. a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of hangar¹

1850–55; < French: shed, hangar, Middle French, probably < Old Low Franconian *haimgard fence around a group of buildings, equivalent to haim small village ( hamlet ¹ ) + gard yard ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hangar¹

C19: from French: shed, perhaps from Medieval Latin angārium shed used as a smithy, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

So now, the SLS is back in its hangar, with engineers working on that final problem—and confident they can fix it.

From Time

Inside, researchers populate the hangar with structures mimicking skyscrapers, houses and trees, or shapes representing the bumps and dips of the ground surface.

From Science News

WhiteKnightTwo, carrying SpaceShipTwo, sits on display outside the hangar facility at Spaceport America on October 17, 2011 in New Mexico.

From The Daily Beast

On a windless morning in early December, David Johnson of Fells Point pulled his four-seat plane from a hangar at Martin State Airport.

From Washington Post

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.

From Washington Post

I walked across the runway to the large hangar we were housed in.

From The Daily Beast

We spent one more night in the hangar and then we flew back.

From The Daily Beast

It would not only save fuel and money but keep those scarce, high-demand aircraft in the air rather than the hangar.

From The Daily Beast

He lives in Building 5, a white structure whose exterior suggests an airplane hangar.

From The Daily Beast

Sharples was brought on after Frank Gehry's replacement Ellerbe Becket's designs were compared to an airplane hangar.

From The Daily Beast

And it flashed back in crimson splendor from the gleaming hull that floated from the hangar and came to rest upon the snowy world.

From Project Gutenberg

The morning mail lay before him on the table in the little hangar office.

From Project Gutenberg

He hung up the telephone receiver and skipped out into the hangar to start his engine to warming.

From Project Gutenberg

Johnnie didnt know what was wrong, and of course he didnt make inquiries in a rivals hangar.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hangar was also used as a store for many articles which had been crowded into odd corners or rescued from the snow outside.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• garage
• shed
• shelter