hangar

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noun

han·gar ˈhaŋ-ər

ˈhaŋ-gər

Synonyms of hangar next

: shelter, shed

especially : a covered and usually enclosed area for housing and repairing aircraft

hangar

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verb

hangared; hangaring; hangars

transitive verb

: to place or store in a hangar

Examples of hangar in a Sentence

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Noun

What To Know According to the Taiwanese air force, the accident occurred in a hangar at Ching Chuan Kang air base, which is shared with Taichung International Airport, on Tuesday morning local time. —

Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 Again, night hours when airplanes are parked at gates or in hangars may provide a person the opportunity to stow away in a wheel well in the hopes of remaining undetected by maintenance crews and airline staff until the flight departs the next morning. —

Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025

Verb

Leslie Day, a friend who hangared her plane near Ms. Bera’s at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, Calif., outside San Diego, estimated in an interview that Ms. Bera had spent the equivalent of more than three years in the pilot’s seat. —

Daniel E. Slotnik, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018 The issue of high fuel prices came to the board’s attention in late spring when airport tenants – which range from flight schools, to charter aircraft, to hangar renters – began to complain to board members. —

Jordan Graham, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2017 See all Example Sentences for hangar

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from French, "shed open on one or more sides for storing agricultural products, farm implements, and vehicles," going back to Middle French, perhaps going back to Old Low Franconian *haimgarda- "enclosure around a building," going back to West Germanic *haima- "dwelling" + *garđa- "enclosure" — more at home entry 1, yard entry 1

Note: The French form occurs earliest as a place name, Hangart (1135), in Somme department. Though the persistent attestation of the word with initial h-, diachronically and in dialects, is a certain indication of Germanic origin, the fact that such a compound is apparently not attested as a generic word or place-name in a Germanic language renders the etymology speculative.

Verb

verbal derivative of hangar entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1852, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of hangar was in 1852

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