garage
Americannoun
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a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
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a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle
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a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels
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a rough-and-ready style of rock music
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a type of disco music based on soul
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verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have garagedperfect
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has garagedperfect 3rd person singular
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is garagingprogressive 3rd person singular
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garagingparticiple
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have been garagingperfect progressive
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am garagingprogressive 1st person singular
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are garagingprogressive
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has been garagingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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garagessingular 3rd person
Past
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had garagedperfect
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were garagingprogressive plural
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was garagingprogressive singular
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garagedparticiple
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had been garagingperfect progressive
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garagedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of garage
1900–05; < French, equivalent to gar ( er ) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; see ware 2) + -age -age
Explanation
A garage is a building that's meant for keeping cars or other vehicles in. Some houses have attached garages with automated doors. You might have your own garage, or you might pay to park your car in a large public garage down the street. The two buildings are very different — one large enough for one or two cars, and the other possibly accommodating hundreds — but they're both garages. You can also use the word garage for a car repair shop: "I have to take my car to the garage because it's making a weird noise."
Vocabulary lists containing garage
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Example Sentences
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On Holding is their favorite specialty retailer, and Garage owner Groupe Dynamite is their small-cap pick.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Andy Sauer, the CEO of Garage Beer, says that while Jason brings creative panache, Travis has uncanny instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Garage owner Kevan Gibbons has noticed many changes in his 45 years in the motor trade.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
The Catch was singularly important to the development of Black and queer nightlife in L.A., and belongs beside New York’s Paradise Garage and Chicago’s Warehouse in any account of the most important nightclubs in America.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
The music from Newbury Comics spilled into The Garage, becoming louder as Fiona and I followed Fred inside.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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