hangar
hangar Lexical Profile
hangar Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A large, enclosed building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft for storage, maintenance, or repair.
"The mechanics towed the damaged jet into the hangar to begin inspecting the engine."
• verb
To place, store, or house an aircraft inside a hangar.
"Due to the approaching hurricane, all available private planes were safely hangared by nightfall."
Word Nuance & Usage
The word 'hangar' (a large building for aircraft) is frequently confused with its homophone 'hanger' (a curved device used to hang clothing).
• Rhymes for hangar
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed into English in the mid-19th century from French 'hangar' (shed, outhouse), which is likely derived from a Middle French adaptation of a Frankish or Germanic term such as '*haimgard', meaning 'home enclosure'.
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