Hangar

/ˈhæŋər/ noun

A hangar is a large building where airplanes or spacecraft are kept and repaired.

From French “hangar,” meaning a shed or shelter, probably from an older word meaning ‘enclosure’ or ‘fence.’ The meaning shifted toward airplane shelters in the early days of aviation.

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