hangar
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Definition of hangar
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
“The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.”
“By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.”
“"Yeah. That's only thing they're good for." "Let's do it the other way around," Juanita says. She gets up and walks off the hangar deck.”
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noun
-
A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
“The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.”
“By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.”
“"Yeah. That's only thing they're good for." "Let's do it the other way around," Juanita says. She gets up and walks off the hangar deck.”
- (obsolete)A covered shed for carriages.
verb
- (transitive)To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.
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