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hangar

verb

  1. to keep an aircraft in a hangar
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noun

  1. closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ.əː/ / [ˈhæŋ.əː] / /ˈhæŋ.ɚ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.

  1. A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.

    The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.

    By the side of it ran an open hangar upheld by a score of rough tarred posts.

  2. A covered shed for carriages.

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence around a group of houses”), from *haim (“home, village, hamlet”) + *gard (“yard”). Cognate with Old High German heimgart (“forum”). More at home, yard.

  1. To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.