hangar


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hangar

a shed for airplanes: The plane taxied to the hangar.
Not to be confused with:
hanger – a frame for hanging clothes: Here is a hanger for your coat.
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han·gar

(hăng′ər, hăng′gər)
n.
A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft.
[French, from Old French hangard, of Germanic origin; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]
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hangar

(ˈhæŋə)
n
(Aeronautics) a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
[C19: from French: shed, perhaps from Medieval Latin angārium shed used as a smithy, of obscure origin]
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hang•ar

(ˈhæŋ ər)

n.
1. a shed or shelter.
2. any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships.
[1850–55; < French: shed, hangar, Middle French, probably < Frankish *haimgard fence around a group of buildings =haim small village (see hamlet) + gard yard 2]
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hangar

- Simply meant "shed" for carriages when it came into English.
See also related terms for shed.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:hangar - a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained]hangar - a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome - an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
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Translations
حظيرة الطائِرات
hangár
hangar
hangár
flugskÿli
angaras
angārs
hangár

hangar

[ˈhæŋəʳ] N → hangar m
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hangar

[ˈhæŋər] n → hangar m aircraft hangar
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hangar

n → Hangar m, → Flugzeughalle f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hangar

[ˈhæŋəʳ] n → hangar m inv, aviorimessa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hangar

(ˈhӕŋə) noun
a shed for aeroplanes. hangar, vliegtuigloods حظيرة الطائِرات хангар hangar hangár die Flugzeughalle hangar υπόστεγο αεροσκαφών hangar angaar آشيانه هواپيما lentokonehalli hangar מוּסָך לִמטוֹסִים विमानशाला hangar hangár hanggar flugskÿli hangar 格納庫 격납고 angaras angārs hangar hangar hangar hangar هنګار ، د الوتكو ګراج hangar han­gar ангар hangár hangar hangar hangar โรงเก็บเครื่องบิน hangar 飛機庫(棚) ангар طیران خانہ nhà chứa máy bay 飞机棚,飞机修理库
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"Let us proceed to the hangar above that we may be far to the south before he finds another way--should that be possible."
Matai Shang's reference to the hangar and the fliers indicated that my destination lay nothing short of the roof of the tower, and toward this seemingly distant goal I set my face.
Instead, she dressed quietly and went to the hangar upon the roof of the palace directly above her quarters where her own swift flier was housed.
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Why, see how perfectly unguarded they leave their craft, as though they were lying safe in their own hangars at home."
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From private hangars upon many a roof top fliers were darting into the line of traffic.
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