hangar

Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ.ə/

The English word “hangar” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A large garagelike structure where aircraft are kept.
A covered shed for carriages.

verb

To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.

Etymology

Borrowed 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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