garage

[ guh-rahzh, -rahj or, esp. British, gar-ij, -ahzh ]

/ gəˈrɑʒ, -ˈrɑdʒ or, esp. British, ˈgær ɪdʒ, -ɑʒ /

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noun

a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.

a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles.

verb (used with object), ga·raged, ga·rag·ing.

to put or keep in a garage.

Nearby words

gapped scale, gapper, gapping, gar, gar., garage, garage band, garage sale, garageman, garaging, garam masala

Origin of garage

1900–05; < French, equivalent to gar(er) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; see ware²) + -age -age

Related forms

ga·rage·a·ble, adjectiveun·ga·raged, adjective

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Examples from the Web for garage

“Wrong place, wrong time,” DeCarli confirmed in a garage at Ferguson police headquarters.
Ferguson’s Only Unsolved Murder|Justin Glawe|October 20, 2014|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 Model T to the Model S|The Daily Beast|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a lot of these guys, a good percentage of their income comes from the garage and comes from legitimate means.
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I was going to break 100 on the golf course and clean out the garage.
Our Doomed Love Affair with Summer|P. J. O’Rourke|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He bought a garage and he offered a refuge or sorts to a faction of the Juárez cartel that threw in its lot with El Chapo.
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Mr. Lyte, it appeared, was suffering from a peculiarly interesting neuralgia, and the garage had overcharged him.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis
He made his way slowly to the impromptu shed which served for a garage.
The Kingdom of the Blind|E. Phillips Oppenheim
At this point the witness complied with the request of Counsel Jenner, entering the garage.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Without giving her father an opportunity to change his mind, she hurried to the garage for her roadster.
Penny Nichols and the Mystery of the Lost Key|Joan Clark
Now, if you were to go out from the kitchen to the garage, is it easy for you as you go out the door to turn the light on?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for garage

garage

/ (ˈɡærɑːʒ, -rɪdʒ) /

noun

a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle

a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels

a rough-and-ready style of rock music
a type of disco music based on soul

verb

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

Word Origin for garage

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

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