noun
hangar
HANG-ur/ˈhæŋər/
A large building for housing aircraft.
The open hangar shelters a small airplane beneath its high roof.
Etymology
French hangar meant a shed, and English first used the word for a carriage shed before applying it to aircraft shelters. The shed word's deeper origin is uncertain.
In context
Below the flight deck, the hangar area became a working zone where aircraft could be serviced and moved.
More examples
- Mechanics moved the aircraft into the hangar.
- Two hangars stood beside the runway.
- The hangar doors closed as the storm approached.
Forms
hangar · hangars