hangar

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhæŋə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhæŋɚ/

Noun

hangar (plural hangars)

1. A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.

   The plane taxied on over to the hangar for repairs.

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 9

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

2. (obsolete) A covered shed for carriages.

Translations

• French: hangar
• German: Hangar
• Italian: hangar
• Portuguese: hangar
• Russian: анга́р
• Spanish: hangar

Verb

hangar (hangars, present participle hangaring; past and past participle hangared)

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

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