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View synonyms for hangar

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

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hangar1

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

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