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GARAGE
garage
(noun) an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
garage, service department
(noun) a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
garage
(verb) keep or store in a garage; “we don’t garage our car”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
garage (countable and uncountable, plural garages)
A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
(chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
(chiefly, British, Canada, Australia, NZ) A petrol filling station.
(dated, 20th century, North America) An independent automobile repair shop.
(aviation) A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
(attributive, music genre) A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
(British, music genre) A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
Usage notes
Historically a commercial garage would offer storage, refueling, servicing, and repair of vehicles. Since the mid-late 20th Century, storage has become uncommon at premises having the other functions. Now refueling, servicing, and repair are becoming increasingly separated from each other. Few repair garages still sell petrol; it is very uncommon for a new filling station to have a mechanic or any facilities for servicing beyond inflating tires; and a new kind of business exists to provide servicing: the oil/lube change shop.
Synonyms
• (a petrol filling station): filling station, gas station (North America), petrol station (UK), service station
Verb
garage (third-person singular simple present garages, present participle garaging, simple past and past participle garaged)
To store in a garage.
Source: Wiktionary
Ga`rage", n. [F.]
1. A place for housing automobiles.
2. (AĂ«ronautics) A shed for housing an airship or flying machine; a hangar.
3. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
Garage is recent in English, and has as yet acquired no settled pronunciation.
Ga`rage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Garaging.]
Definition: To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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