hangar
noun/ˈhæŋə(r)/
/ˈhæŋər/
- a large building in which aircraft are keptTopics Buildingsc2, Transport by airc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryHangar is used before these nouns:
- bay
- aircraft
Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘shelter’): from French; probably from Germanic bases meaning ‘hamlet’ and ‘enclosure’.Definitions on the go
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