Hangar Definition

hăngər, hănggər
hangars
noun
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A shelter used to house or repair an airplane.
Webster's New World

A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To put or keep in a hangar.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hangar

Noun

Singular:
hangar
Plural:
hangars

Origin of Hangar

  • 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”). More at home, yard.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French hangard of Germanic origin tkei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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