body shop

American  

noun

1. a factory or machine shop in which bodies for vehicles, as automobiles, trucks, or the like, are manufactured, repaired, etc.

2. Slang.

   1. an employment agency, school, or the like that provides large numbers of workers, trainees, recent graduates, etc., to fill entry-level jobs.

   2. a gym, health club, or the like where people may exercise, do bodybuilding, etc.

   3. a singles bar.

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body shop British  

noun

1. a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired

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Etymology

Origin of body shop

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

That’s where the customer pays the body shop directly while the insurance company never gets involved with a claim — and may not even know of the incident.

From MarketWatch

It's a lesson he learned from the late Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop where it all began for Constantine in 1977 – manufacturing and supplying products to Roddick's stores.

From BBC

It stood apart from the Melrose Avenue hodgepodge, which included an auto body shop, an old bookstore famous for selling movie scripts, and a trendy boutique that sold vintage fedoras and marked the beginning of Melrose’s turn as a fashion mecca.

From Los Angeles Times

Employees who work in facilities which prepare pressed metal bodywork at the company's sites in Castle Bromwich, Halewood and Solihull will also be brought back in – as will those who work in the Solihull car plant's body shop and paint shop.

From BBC

They impounded Robins’ G Wagon, which according to CBS was found in a body shop with some damaged parts already swapped out.

From Los Angeles Times