A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft. Hangars are built of metal, wood, or concrete.

The meaning of HANGAR is shelter, shed; especially : a covered and usually enclosed area for housing and repairing aircraft.

/ ˈhæŋ·ər / Add to word list a large building in an airport in which aircraft are kept (Definition of hangar from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

A hangar is a large building in which aircraft are kept. The show takes place in winter by the beach in a former aeroplane hangar. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. …

HANGAR definition: a shed or shelter. See examples of hangar used in a sentence.

Dec 24, 2025 · hangar (third-person singular simple present hangars, present participle hangaring, simple past and past participle hangared) (transitive) To store (an aircraft) in a hangar.

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