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- [hang-er]
- /ˈhæŋ ər/
- /ˈhæŋ.ər/
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- [hang-er]
- /ˈhæŋ ər/
Definitions of hangar word
- noun hangar a shed or shelter. 1
- noun hangar any relatively wide structure used for housing airplanes or airships. 1
- noun hangar A large building with extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft. 1
- noun hangar shelter for aircraft 1
- countable noun hangar A hangar is a large building in which aircraft are kept. 0
- noun hangar a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft 0
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Origin of hangar
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < French: shed, hangar, Middle French, probably < Old Low Franconian *haimgard fence around a group of buildings, equivalent to haim small village (see hamlet1) + gard yard2
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Parts of speech for Hangar
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hangar popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hangar usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hangar
noun hangar
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- garage — a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
- shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
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