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

A two-story hangar and grassy runway are situated among 400 acres of cultivated fields and grow houses owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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The secluded hangars and runways add a degree of secrecy for the sensitive development work there.

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The northernmost U.S. military installation, Pituffik is a collection of barracks, hangars, fuel tanks and satellite-dish domes shaped like giant golf balls.

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Air Force officials said, would include hangars for the F-15QA, the Qatari version of the jet it purchased through foreign military sales.

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Indy stands about two feet tall, so the camera often stays at that height too, gliding close to the floor where the view from under the bed looks as big as an airplane hangar.

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Related Words

• garage 
• shed 
• shelter