hangar

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hang·ar / ˈhangər/ • n. a large building with extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft.• v. [tr.] (usu. be hangared) place or store in a hangar: the army choppers that were hangared out at Springs.DERIVATIVES: hang·ar·age / -rij/ n.ORIGIN: late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘shelter’): from French; probably from Germanic bases meaning ‘hamlet’ and ‘enclosure.’

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hangar

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hangar shed, now spec. for aircraft. XIX. — F., of unkn. orig.

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