hangar

[ hang-er ]

/ ˈhæŋ ər /

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noun

a shed or shelter.

any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.

verb (used with or without object)

to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar: She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.

RELATED WORDS

shelter, garage, shed, barracks

Nearby words

Origin of hangar

1850–55; < French: shed, hangar, Middle French, probably < Old Low Franconian *haimgard fence around a group of buildings, equivalent to haim small village (see hamlet¹) + gard yard²

Can be confusedhangar hanger

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Examples from the Web for hangar

We spent one more night in the hangar and then we flew back.
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It would not only save fuel and money but keep those scarce, high-demand aircraft in the air rather than the hangar.
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And so on April 29, as the jury handed down acquittals, Tur was in his hangar at the Santa Monica airport, ready to go.
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The weather that June 2003 day was hot—140 degrees—and about 6,000 troops had packed into a hangar to see the visitors.
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Just then he noticed Siddons come from around the corner of the hangar, carrying what appeared to be a canvas covered pillow.
Aces Up|Covington Clarke
"Bill likes to stay on the ground pretty well," sneered Jardin, pushing open the door of the hangar.
Battling the Clouds|Captain Frank Cobb
When he rejoined them at the hangar, the plane already was on the skidways.
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A young lieutenant solemnly escorted him to the spot where the pushpot had landed, only ten feet from a hangar wall.
Space Platform|Murray Leinster
By the way, lets go out in the hangar and take a look at the crate.
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British Dictionary definitions for hangar

hangar

/ (ˈhæŋə) /

noun

a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft

Word Origin for hangar

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

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Word Origin and History for hangar

hangar

1852, "shed for carriages," from French hangar "shed," probably from Middle French hanghart (14c.), perhaps an alteration of Middle Dutch *ham-gaerd "enclosure near a house" [Barnhart], or from Medieval Latin angarium "shed in which horses are shod" [Gamillscheg, Klein]. Sense of "covered shed for airplanes" first recorded in English 1902, from French use in that sense.