garage
Americannoun
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a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles.
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a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle
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a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels
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a rough-and-ready style of rock music
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a type of disco music based on soul
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verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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garagesimple
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garagessimple
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have garagedperfect
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has garagedperfect
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am garagingprogressive
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are garagingprogressive
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is garagingprogressive
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have been garagingperfect progressive
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has been garagingperfect progressive
Past
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garagedsimple
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had garagedperfect
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was garagingprogressive
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were garagingprogressive
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had been garagingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of garage
1900–05; < French, equivalent to gar ( er ) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; see ware 2) + -age -age
Explanation
A garage is a building that's meant for keeping cars or other vehicles in. Some houses have attached garages with automated doors. You might have your own garage, or you might pay to park your car in a large public garage down the street. The two buildings are very different — one large enough for one or two cars, and the other possibly accommodating hundreds — but they're both garages. You can also use the word garage for a car repair shop: "I have to take my car to the garage because it's making a weird noise."
Vocabulary lists containing garage
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Example Sentences
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“Build this house over the sewer line. There was a manhole cover in a garage. Plus, it wasn’t mapped.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026
"We used to train in a small garage. Now we train according to the full rules and release bad energy," the 15-year-old girl, at the territory's first women-only boxing center.
From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2023
“Where that bank sits now used to be an auto and truck repair and the saw mill. There was a great, big garage. That was a town hang out,” Munsell said.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2021
"I mean, I wish I'd put a few in the garage. I've always thought that," said Bob Brechin.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2019
“It’s more like a warehouse. In the garage. That’s where the new levitation trick is.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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