a shelter used to house or repair an airplane
Origin of hangar
Fr, a shed, probably from Frankish an unverified form haimgard or Middle Dutch an unverified form hamgaerd, enclosed area: see home and yard to put or keep in a hangar
An airplane in a hangar.
The definition of a hangar is a large area where aircrafts are repaired or stored.
A big building where an airplane is stored is an example of a hangar.
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A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft.
Origin of hangar
French from Old French hangard of Germanic origin ; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- Midship - This area holds the pod retraction systems and cross-ways linking to the hangar decks for the purpose of moving equipment and personnel.
- In the Crows' Nest stage, defend the hangar, go the barracks, and find the skull under a hallway with small sewer tunnels.
- Archie was 38 years old at the time of the finale, and married with two children.The final challenge had the three remaining models walking a moving runway in an airport hangar, complete with jetliners as props.
- Damian's voice was soft, but his command made everyone in the hangar jump.
- Pierre led them to the empty, well-lit helicopter hangar, where several men crowded around a still body on the hangar floor.
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