hangar

[ hang-er ]

noun

1. a shed or shelter.
2. any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar:

   She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.

hangar

/ ˈhæŋə /

noun

1. a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of hangar¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hangar¹

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

Example Sentences

Two 60m-wide buildings can be seen sitting on a tarmac apron, at least one of which could be a hangar to accommodate the Indian navy’s P-8I aircraft, according to Samuel Bashfield, a PhD scholar at the Australian National University.

From BBC

First stop was an airplane hangar in East L.A., followed by a warehouse in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

But Trump is not scheduled to talk about abortion when he speaks from a private airplane hangar in Austin.

From Los Angeles Times

The launch was initially scheduled for Thursday, but Clipper spent that day secured in SpaceX’s hangar to ride out Hurricane Milton.

From Los Angeles Times

I chalked it up to yet another high-decibel brasserie that made me feel like I was dining in a hangar at SFO.

From Salon

Related Words

• garage
• shed
• shelter