hangar
Americannoun
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a shed or shelter.
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any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
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 ( hamlet 1 ) + gard yard 2
Example Sentences
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The Artemis 2 mission was originally due to take off as early as February but repeated setbacks stalled that goal and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The Artemis 2 mission was originally due to take off as early as February, but repeated setbacks stalled that goal and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
It showed them off at its hangar at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Inside a cavernous shipbuilding hangar, workers cut and weld steel for the yard's latest icebreaker, a heavy-duty Arctic vessel, called Polarmax that's destined for the Canadian coastguard.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
Aech followed Og’s directions to a private hangar near the Columbus airport, where a small luxury jet was waiting for us.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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