garage

[ guh-rahzh, -rahjor, especially British, gar-ij, -ahzh ]

noun

1. a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
2. a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles.

verb (used with object)

, ga·raged, ga·rag·ing.

1. to put or keep in a garage.

garage

/ -rɪdʒ; ˈɡærɑːʒ /

noun

1. a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle
2. a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels
3. 1. a rough-and-ready style of rock music
   2. a type of disco music based on soul

verb

1. tr to put into, keep in, or take to a garage

Other Words From

• ga·ragea·ble adjective
• unga·raged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of garage¹

1900–05; < French, equivalent to gar ( er ) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; ware ² ) + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of garage¹

C20: from French, from garer to dock (a ship), from Old French: to protect, from Old High German warōn; see beware

Example Sentences

The Thing was created by two entrepreneurs, Kelley Higney and her mother, Ellen McAlister, who started selling the product out of their garage before appearing on an episode of Shark Tank in 2019 to get funding.

From Outside Online

Before I knew it, we were back in the garage in the rear seat of the limo.

From Fortune

An industrial engineer, Hutchins helped design the M16, the weapon of choice for American soldiers during the Vietnam War, and he invented several tools that may be currently sitting in your garage.

From ProPublica

His garage was frequently opened when he was in there tinkering.

From Popular-Science

In the tumult of the previous weeks, you never visited the car garage.

From MIT Technology Review

She began operating out of her home garage in 1980, slowly acquiring the many props and tools that would decorate her dungeon.

From The Daily Beast

“Wrong place, wrong time,” DeCarli confirmed in a garage at Ferguson police headquarters.

From The Daily Beast

Baugh responded after the first attack there in 1993 and helped tow wrecked cars from the bombed garage.

From The Daily Beast

Ford began tinkering in his garage in Detroit in the 1890s, trains and the horse and buggy was the dominant mode of transport.

From The Daily Beast

Fall in love with the garage-y sounds of Rock N Roll and you might get lost in the Grateful Dead-leaning Cold Roses.

From The Daily Beast

She knew there would be plenty of rope in the Norwood barn or the garage for their need in erecting the aerials.

From Project Gutenberg

Delancy turned the sedan through the door of the big garage, rolled across the wide parking floor to the cement ramp at the rear.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a poorly appointed hotel that does not now have a garage of some sort, and in many cases, necessary supplies are available.

From Project Gutenberg

At the first garage where I applied, a quotation made was withdrawn when it was learned that I was an American.

From Project Gutenberg

In no case should a motorist pay a bill at a London garage without a proper receipt.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• barn
• parking lot
• parking space
• repair shop
• shop