hangar
/'hæɳə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A large building for housing and maintaining aircraft: A hangar is a substantial structure, typically found at airports, designed to store, protect, and service airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft.
Usage
- The primary function of a hangar is to provide shelter and a workspace for aircraft. It is a key facility at any airport or airfield.
Examples
- Noun:
- The private jet is kept in a climate-controlled hangar.
- Mechanics performed repairs on the helicopter inside the spacious hangar.
- Several vintage airplanes were on display in the museum's main hangar.
Advanced Usage
- "Hangar space": Refers to the area or capacity available within a hangar.
- Renting hangar space at a major airport is very expensive.
- "Hangar flying": An informal term for pilots and aviation enthusiasts talking about flying experiences, often while gathered in or near a hangar.
- After the flight, we spent an hour hangar flying and sharing stories.
Variants and Related Words
- Hangared (adj.): Describes an aircraft that is stored in a hangar.
- A hangared aircraft typically suffers less wear from the elements.
- Hangarage (n.): The provision or use of hangar facilities; the fee charged for storing an aircraft in a hangar.
- The annual hangarage for a small plane was included in the club membership.
Synonyms
- Aircraft shed: A simpler term for a structure housing aircraft.
- Airdock: (Archaic) A very large hangar, often for airships.
- Maintenance building: Emphasizes the repair function, though this is a broader term.
Related Phrases
- "To hangar an aircraft": The act of moving or placing an aircraft into a hangar for storage.
- The pilot decided to hangar the plane overnight due to the incoming storm.
Noun
- a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained