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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.
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Origin of hangar
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hangar
hangar , hangerWords nearby hangar
Han Fei Zu, Hanford, hang, hang about, hang a left, hangar, hang around, hang back, hang behind, hangbird, hang by a thread
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How to use hangar in a sentence
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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