hangar
A large garagelike structure where aircraft are keptA large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
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Meaning
2 sensesA large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.
Hangar
анга́рangár
анга́рanhár
a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
(obsolete)A covered shed for carriages.
Examples
5 sentencesThe plane never left the hangar.
Put the plane in the hangar.
ruПоставь самолёт в ангар. — Selena777
The plane taxied across the field to the hangar.
ruСамолёт рулил по полю по направлению к ангару. — sharptoothed
Two aeroplanes, one large and one small, were parked in the hangar.
deZwei Flugzeuge, ein großes und ein kleines, standen im Hangar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Two airplanes, one large and one small, were at rest in the hangar.
ruДва самолёта - один большой и один маленький - стояли в ангаре. — fjay69
deZwei Flugzeuge, ein großes und ein kleines, standen im Hangar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure nearBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: hangarsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained:airdockrepair shed
Word family
7 related wordsSee also
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