hangar door

collocation in English

meaningsofhangaranddoor

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hangar
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæŋ.ər/us
/ˈhæŋ.ɚ/
a large building in which aircraft ...
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door
noun[C]
uk
/dɔːr/us
/dɔːr/
a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the ...
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(Definition ofhangaranddoorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhangar door

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Just as the nose cleared thehangardoor, a gust caused the ship to roll virtually onto her beam ends.
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Thehangardoorwas found open and the aircraft still in it.
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It is thought that thehangardoorwas opened prematurely.
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The accident was believed to be due to water entering the submarine through thehangardoor, which had been opened to launch the aircraft shortly after surfacing.
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Bond flies out of the way, and she crashes into thehangardoor.
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The normal procedure for launching the aircraft was therefore to hold the boat on the surface using the hydroplanes whilst thehangardoorwas opened and the aircraft launched.
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The cost of those hangar doors alone would have paid the amount of money in question for the next 25 years.
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I still remember the coldness of that factory when the greater hangar doors were opened to let out one more aircraft to help to win the war.
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The plane was battered against the catapult silos and into the hangar doors before it was swept over the ship's side.
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However, the concrete pilings that held the massive hangar doors erect still stand.
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At the time, the hangar doors and the railway level crossing for the aircraft were the largest in the world.
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