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garage

American  
[guh-rahzh, -rahj, gar-ij, -ahzh] / gəˈrɑʒ, -ˈrɑdʒ, ˈgær ɪdʒ, -ɑʒ /

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)

garaged, garaging

  1. to put or keep in a garage.

garage British  
/ ˈɡærɑːʒ, -rɪdʒ /

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

    1. a rough-and-ready style of rock music

    2. a type of disco music based on soul

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • garageable adjective
  • ungaraged adjective

Etymology

Origin of garage

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

Example Sentences

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From its humble beginnings when the founders worked out of Jobs’ family garage, Apple has ballooned over the last five decades, opening a sprawling ring-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., and employing roughly 166,000 workers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Among the features of her newly designed dwelling were a 12-car garage, a guesthouse, a sport court, and a security office, as well as an enormous swimming pool.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The co-founders of Minicircle claim that they developed their FST-344 treatment in a garage and trialed the concoction on mice first before injecting themselves.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Apple's hit products — the Mac, the iPhone, the Apple Watch and the iPad — command a cult-like following, long after the company's humble beginnings on April 1, 1976 in Jobs' Cupertino, California garage.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Awesiinh shakes his head and points at the dusty cement floor of my parents’ garage.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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