hangar
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a large building where planes and other aircraft are kept.
a large structure, typically with a wide span, used for housing or repairing aircraft.
Simple“The mechanics worked all night in the hangar to fix the plane's engine.”
In context“The massive hangar was capable of housing three commercial airliners simultaneously while maintenance crews performed safety inspections.”
PitfallThe clothes were on a hangar. The clothes were on a hanger.A 'hangar' is a building for planes; a 'hanger' is the small object used for hanging clothes.
- 02 C2 Proficiency
an old word for a shed where people kept horse-drawn carriages.
a covered shed or shelter specifically for carriages. This sense is no longer in common use.
Simple“The old estate still had a small hangar where the family kept their carriages.”
In context“The historical survey noted the presence of a dilapidated hangar, originally constructed in the eighteenth century to shield the lord's carriages from the rain.”
Synonymsshedcoach house
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.