Showing posts with label hanger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hanger. Show all posts

Monday, July 9, 2012

hanger, hangar

Hanger or hanger means an object or device used for hanging things, usually meaning a clothes hanger--
I put the wire hanger in the recycle bin.
Here's a hanger for your coat.
She made a plant hanger out of twine.

Hangar or hangar ( rhymes with hanger ) means a large building used to house an airplane--
The plane left the hangar and was moving down the runway when the pilot heard the message.
We don't have a hangar large enough for that plane.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Inside the hangar there is a closet where you will find a hanger for your flight suit."

Note--a "hanger-on" is someone who sticks near a famous or dynamic person, as a member of an official or unofficial retinue--
He was the pop star's most persistent hanger-on, and went with him everywhere.