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Synonyms

garage

American  
[guh-rahzh, -rahj, gar-ij, -ahzh] / gəˈrɑʒ, -ˈrɑdʒ, ˈgær ɪdʒ, -ɑʒ /

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 British  
/ 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

    1. a rough-and-ready style of rock music

    2. a type of disco music based on soul

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • garageable adjective
  • ungaraged adjective

Etymology

Origin of garage

1900–05; < French, equivalent to gar ( er ) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; ware 2 ) + -age -age

Example Sentences

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Fuels for Ireland has said that 100 garage forecourts have run out of fuel, mainly in Munster and the west of Ireland.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

There is no benefit to it - all the data that is accessible to them there is also accessible in the garage.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

LaMonica says she and her husband never thought they would house both daughters in a converted garage.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

As he admired the innards of a primordial iPhone, Cook found himself surrounded by artifacts that trace the history of Apple from a startup in a garage to the most iconic company in America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

They slide open the back of the truck like a garage door.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

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