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

Hidden away in a mini aircraft hangar of sorts, just outside Bristol, inventor Stephen Fitzpatrick has spent seven years working on a pioneering aircraft that could be the basis of another solution.

From BBC

And in the back of the cavernous warehouse, in a secure hangar, Gnatalie stands for the first time in 150 million years.

From Los Angeles Times

Two 60m-wide buildings can be seen sitting on a tarmac apron, at least one of which could be a hangar to accommodate the Indian navy’s P-8I aircraft, according to Samuel Bashfield, a PhD scholar at the Australian National University.

From BBC

First stop was an airplane hangar in East L.A., followed by a warehouse in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

But Trump is not scheduled to talk about abortion when he speaks from a private airplane hangar in Austin.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• garage
• shed
• shelter