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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

/ ˈæŋə /

noun

  1. a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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 Բܳ shed used as a smithy, of obscure origin
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It can take most of the day just to get around one department given each of them has an airport hangar's worth of goods on show.

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Framework in the Desert is back at the Atlantic Aviation airport hangar in Thermal April 11-13 for a big house and techno afterparty.

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At their base in Tapa, we found immense, echoey hangars rammed with armoured vehicles.

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"Some of the war planes in this hangar are very, very big, including the Vulcan and the Valiant," Mr Picken said.

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In the hangar we watched the crew maintaining the aircraft, surrounded by packing cases and spare parts.

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