What does hangar mean?
Word: Hangar
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Hangar means a very large building where aircraft are kept and repaired.
Sounds like: hanger (a curved frame for hanging clothes on)
How do you spell hangar?
Syllables: hang - ar
Tricky part: The word sounds exactly like a common household word that ends in er, so the pen wants to finish it the same way. Listening will not help here: you have to remember how this one ends.
Watch out for: hangger, hangor, hangur
Memory tip: Aircraft and aeroplane both begin with a, and the same letter sits in the final beat of hangar.
Hangar in a sentence
Example 1: The ground crew towed the small plane into the hangar before the storm clouds arrived.
Example 2: Our school trip to the airport museum ended in an old hangar full of vintage aircraft.
Example 3: Pigeons had nested high in the roof of the hangar, far above the mechanics.
Fun Fact
Hangar came into English from French, where it meant a shed. It was used for carriage sheds well before anyone had built an aeroplane.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gnaahr
a) hunger
b) anchor
c) hangar
d) hanger
Show answer
c) hangar. The jumble holds two a's and no other vowel, which rules out the other three.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
hanngar
a) g
b) a
c) n
d) r
Show answer
c) n. Only one n comes before the g here, as in the word bang.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) luggege
b) hangar
c) navigater
d) aerodrom
Show answer
b) hangar. Aerodrome needs a final e, luggage has an a in its last beat, and a navigator ends in or.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The engineers rolled open the hangar doors and pushed the helicoptor inside for its yearly check.
a) helicoptor
b) yearly
c) hangar
d) engineers
Show answer
a) helicoptor. A helicopter ends in er, not or.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you most expect to find parked in a hangar?
a) a goods train
b) a fishing boat
c) a city bus
d) a passenger jet
Show answer
d) a passenger jet
2. A hangar has very wide doors and a high roof ____.
a) so that planes can roll in and out
b) so that rain can drain away
c) so that birds can fly through
d) so that crowds can watch films
Show answer
a) so that planes can roll in and out
