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.

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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

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

   2. a type of disco music based on soul

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verb

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

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

I put the skateboard in the garage, then walk in through the kitchen door.

From Literature

The snow crunches beneath our feet as we walk down the long driveway toward the double garage where the van and Dr.

From Literature

After dinner, Doc and Jackson took over the living room to watch a show where people brought their attic and garage junk for collectors to get help fixing them up.

From Literature

Now it’s all lost to time along with everything, including the rest of her work — photographs, writings and the journals of her partner, Sylvia Sukop, who was storing them in Kaplan’s garage.

From Los Angeles Times

Some were used for daily commutes and left in garages as families fled; others were trucks and vans packed with landscaping gear or tools.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• barn
• parking lot
• parking space
• repair shop
• shop