garage

[guh-rahzh, -rahj, 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)

garaged, garaging 

1. to put or keep in a garage.

garage

/ 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

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 Word Forms

• garageable adjective
• ungaraged 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 garage at the Beacon house got a new door, was sound-proofed, and that became their practice space and where they tracked all of their demos.”

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The man said he managed to get his legs free and ran out the garage door, screaming.

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Still, it wasn’t easy to reach the garage, which housed his art studio, and the adjacent laundry room.

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A two-story Craftsman ADU in Hollywood — formerly a rickety garage — is designed to provide office space, a gym and housing while preserving a lush garden.

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The workers quietly and carefully tackle each room of the house while the garage has been turned into another cleaning zone where they box salvaged items.

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