HANGAR Definition & Meaning

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hangar

[hang-er]

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noun

a shed or shelter.
any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.

verb (used with or without object)

to keep (an aircraft) in a hangar.
She spent a fortune hangaring her plane.

hangar

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noun

a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft

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51�Թ� 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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hangar¹

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

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Typically, wreckage is moved to a nearby hangar or secure facility, laid out to identify the nose, tail and wingtips, and then pieced together.

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The fire was reported at about 18:30 on 15 May and rapidly spread through a former aircraft hangar at the site on Buckingham Road.

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There is a new hangar, big enough to shelter aircraft during storms.

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The fire was reported at about 18:30 BST on Thursday and rapidly spread through the former aircraft hangar at the site on Buckingham Road, and a major incident was declared.

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The fire, reported at about 18:30, rapidly spread through a former aircraft hangar at the site.

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