garage

garage
ga|rage1 [ gə`raʒ, gə`radʒ ] noun **
1. ) count a building for keeping a car in, especially one that is connected to or near your house:
a house with a two-car garage
a ) an area inside or below a building where you can leave your car:
an underground garage
2. ) count a place that repairs cars:
They took the car to a local garage to get it fixed.
3. ) uncount a type of U.S. dance music that developed from HOUSE MUSIC in the 1980s and is influenced by DISCO music
a ) a type of U.S. rock music that developed in the 1960s and is influenced by British ROCK AND ROLL. It was mainly played by people who were not professional musicians.
4. ) count a place where you go to buy gas: GAS STATION
garage
ga|rage 2 [ gə`raʒ, gə`radʒ ] verb transitive
to keep a vehicle inside a building:
The old barn is used for garaging the vehicles.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Garage — Ga rage (g[.a] r[aum]zh or g[.a] r[aum]j or (Brit.) g[.a]r [asl]j), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garaged} (g[.a] r[aum]zhd , g[.a] r[aum]jd or g[.a]r [asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Garaging} (g[.a] r[aum]zh [i^]ng, g[.a] r[aum]j [i^]ng or g[.a]r… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • garage — ► NOUN 1) a building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles. 2) an establishment which sells fuel or which repairs and sells motor vehicles. ► VERB ▪ put or keep (a motor vehicle) in a garage. ORIGIN French, from garer to shelter …   English terms dictionary

  • garage — [gə räzh′, gəräj′; ] Brit [ gar′äzh΄, gar′ij] n. [Fr < garer, to protect, preserve < Gmc, as in OHG waron, to watch over: for IE base see WARN] 1. a closed shelter for a motor vehicle or vehicles 2. a business establishment where motor… …   English World dictionary

  • Garage — Ga rage (g[.a] r[aum]zh or g[.a] r[aum]j or (Brit.) g[.a]r [asl]j), n. [F.] 1. an enclosed structure for housing or parking motor vehicles, especially automobiles. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2. (A[ e]ronautics) A shed for housing an airship or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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