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hangar Definition

hangar (haŋ′ər)

noun

any shelter used to house, repair, etc. an airplane

Etymology: Fr, a shed, prob. < Frank *haimgard or MDu *hamgaerd, enclosed area: see home & yard

transitive verb

to put or keep in a hangar

hangar Synonyms

hangar

n.

shed, aircraft shelter, stall, nest; see also airport, garage 1.

hangar Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: Maybe he first built a huge hangar in which he could construct it safely?
  • include: Many of the original buildings, including the large hangar constructed for Vimy production, are still in use within the Yeovil factory today.
  • have: The sub had a hangar fitted in place of the 12 inch ( !
  • see: You'll see a big silver hangar to your left, with a crash gate entrance.

Preposition: on

airfield: Over 70 historic aircraft are displayed in three wartime hangars on an active airfield.

Adjective modifier

  • vast: The final virtual space is a vast underground hangar containing a floating field of numbers, all of which are estimates of Iraqi casualties.
  • historic: In the historic hangars I came face to face with an old friend.
  • former: The plan also included a regional distribution center for the supermarket chain Sainsbury's on the site of the former aircraft hangars.
  • huge: The WEBSITE has details about the resort, which is housed in a huge hangar.
  • large: There is now over 1.2 million sq ft of covered floor area together with some of the largest heated hangars in the world.
  • main: By the end of the day the aircraft had been placed in the main hangar.

Modifies a noun

  • deck: They were directed to the hangar deck where we had set up hundreds of cots.
  • door: Following the film, two hangar doors will open on to a road scene.
  • building: The most significant environmental issue was the reuse of an existing hangar building, which was kept and refurbished.

Noun used with modifier

  • airship: The fact that they were formed from salvage material from a portable airship hangar adds another layer of interest.
  • airplane: Sometimes cats and dogs escape from carriers that have been damaged in transit and become lost inside airplanes or airplane hangars.
  • aircraft: He came to shoot a couple of scenes by an aircraft hangar in Wales.
  • wartime: Royal Air Force Museum The Museum has over 70 aircraft on display in three wartime hangars.
  • airport: She died after falling from a mezzanine balcony during a gathering at a privately-owned airport hangar on North Island.
  • maintenance: The new British Airways maintenance hangar is completed at a cost of £ 27 million.