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

Some traditional methods to protecting your vehicle — like parking it in a garage — are still reliable, Sutter said.

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Not unless you want to see your 73-year-old aunt run into the garage door.

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Parking in a garage could slightly lower your rate, too.

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Meanwhile, the property’s garage has been transformed into a private gym—with the original door to the structure removed to make way for new industrial-strength doors that cost upward of $100,000.

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After starting the charity from her garage, Ms Simpson said she never thought that she "would have three retail stores on the high street".

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• parking lot 
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