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hangar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | airdock, repair shed |
| Type of | construction, structure |
Examples of hangar
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That would give it enough business to build a new hangar and add up to 150 jobs.
From the delawareonline.com
It's housed in the hangar, which was home to the Ontario Provincial Air Service.
From the dailyherald.com
These people are flying planes that should be in a hangar somewhere for repairs.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Kelley does tell us McClellan has more than 600,000 square feet of hangar space.
From the sacbee.com
The hangar, built on city-owned airport property, has been vacant almost a year.
From the news-journalonline.com
When the hangar-like gym was packed to the rafters, the atmosphere was electric.
From the post-gazette.com
The hangar will also soon house a B-17 Flying Fortress, which is being restored.
From the newsobserver.com
At Miller Field on Staten Island, a historic seaplane hangar has been condemned.
From the nytimes.com
Zimmerman says some hangar owners have failed to provide lists of their tenants.
From the stltoday.com
- Airdock: a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained
- A hangar is a closed structure to hold aircraft and/or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also sometimes used. The word hangar comes from a northern French dialect, and means "cattle pen."
- (Hangars) 2 Argentine Navy H-3 Sea Kings
- A building that is used for the purpose of housing and maintaining aircraft.
- An enclosed structure for housing aircraft. Originated with lake-based floating homes of the original German Zeppelins in which they were "hung" from cables, which explains the erroneous, oft-seen spelling of "hanger." French: hangar, shed, outbuilding, from Latin: angarium, shed.
- A shelter shed, especially one wide enough for aircraft; not 'hanger'. See APRON, REVETMENT, STEELDROME, BLDG.
- Home for anything that flies, mostly birds.
- The origin of the word 'hangar' is a Northern French dialect word for a cow pen or barn. But the English term, hangar, usually refers to a wide span building, mainly for aircraft, airships or perhaps large boats. The term came into being during the first world war, for obvious reasons. ...
- The hangar is a part of the trucks of a skateboard. The hangar is the triangular part in the middle that the axle and the kingpin run through, and the part that skaters grind on. They are shaped a little like clothes hangars. ...
