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ga·rage  (g-räzh, -räj)
n.
1. A building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle.
2. A commercial establishment where cars are repaired, serviced, or parked.
tr.v. ga·raged, ga·rag·ing, ga·rag·es
To put or store in a garage.

[French, from garer, to shelter, from Old French garer, guerrer, of Germanic origin; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.]

ga·ragea·ble adj.
Word History: It is difficult today to envision a world without garages or a language without the word garage. However, the word probably did not exist before the 19th century and certainly not before the 18th; possibly the thing itself did not exist before the end of the 19th century. Our word is a direct borrowing of French garage, which is first recorded in 1802 in the sense "place where one docks." The verb garer, from which garage was derived, originally meant "to put merchandise under shelter," then "to moor a boat," and then "to put a vehicle into a place for safekeeping," that is, a garage, a sense first recorded in French in 1901. English almost immediately borrowed this French word, the first instance being found in 1902.

garage [ˈgærɑːʒ -rɪdʒ]
n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels
3. (Music / Pop Music)
a.  a rough-and-ready style of rock music
b.  a type of disco music based on soul
vb
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (tr) to put into, keep in, or take to a garage
[from French, from garer to dock (a ship), from Old French: to protect, from Old High German warōn; see beware]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.garagegarage - an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
car port, carport - garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles
outbuilding - a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
2.garage - a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
fix-it shop, repair shop - a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
Verb1.garage - keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car"
store - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some"

garage
noun
1. lock-up, car port Does the house have a garage?
2. service station, petrol station We'd better stop by at the garage for some petrol.
Translations
garage [ˈgærɑːʒ]
A. N [of house] → garaje m; (for car repairs) → taller m; (= petrol station) → estación f de servicio, gasolinera f, grifo m (Peru), bencinera f (Chile); (= bus depot) → cochera f
B. VTdejar en garaje
C. CPD garage band N (Mus) → grupo m de rock aficionado
garage mechanic Nmecánico/a m/f
garage proprietor Npropietario/a m/f de un taller de reparaciones
garage sale Nventa f de objetos usados(en el garaje de una casa particular)

garage [ˈgærɑːʒ ˈgærɪdʒ] ngarage m
garage mechanic nmécanicien/ienne m/f
garage sale nvide-grenier m

garage [, (US)]
n (for parking) → Garage f; (Brit) (for petrol) → Tankstelle f; (for repairs etc) → (Reparatur)werkstatt f; garage mechanic (Brit) → Kraftfahrzeug- or Kfz-Mechaniker(in) m(f)
vt(in einer Garage) ab- or unterstellen; (= drive into garage)in die Garage fahren; the car is kept garageddas Auto wird in einer Garage aufbewahrt

garage:
garage band
n (Mus) → Amateur-Rockband f
garage sale
n meist in einer Garage durchgeführter Verkauf von Haushaltsgegenständen und Trödel ? also car-boot sale

garage [ˈgærɑːʒ] n (of private house) → garage m inv; (for car repairs) → officina, autofficina; (filling station) → stazione f di servizio
garage [ˈgærɑːʒ] n (of private house) → garage m inv; (for car repairs) → officina, autofficina; (filling station) → stazione f di servizio

garage
n garage [ˈgӕraːdʒ, (American ) gəˈra:ʒ]
1 a building in which a car etc is kept a house with a garage. motorhuis مَرْأب، كَراج гараж garáž garage die Garage γκαράζ garaje, cochera garaaþ گاراژ autotalli garage מוּסַך חַנִייָה गैरेज garaža garázs garasi bílskúr garage 車庫 차고 garažas garāža garaj garage garasje garaż garagem garaj гараж garáž garaža garaža garage โรงรถ garaj 車庫 гараж موٹر گاڑی خانہ ga-ra
2 a building where cars are repaired and usually petrol, oil etc is sold He has taken his car to the garage to be repaired. motorhawe مَرْأَب сервиз servis s čerpací stanicí værksted; servicestation die Autowerkstatt συνεργείο garaje, taller, gasolinera, estación de servicio (auto)hooldejaam تعمیرگاه autokorjaamo garage מוּסַך मोटर गाड़ी आदि ठीक करने की जगह automehaničarska radionica szerviz(állomás) bengkel bifreiðaverkstæði garage, officina meccanica 自動車修理工場 자동차 수리 공장 automobilių remonto dirbtuvės autoserviss tempat membaiki kereta garage, benzinestation bensinstasjon, bilverksted warsztat garagem garaj станция техобслуживания opravovňa servis radionica bilverkstad, bilservice อู่; อู่ซ่อมรถ servis/benzin istasyonu 汽車修理兼加油站 гараж موٹر گاڑی کی مرمت گاہ trạm dịch vụ xe cộ

garage جراج garáž garage Garage γκαράζ garaje autotalli garage garaža autofficina ガレージ 차고 garage garasje garaż garagem гараж garage โรงรถ garaj ga-ra 车库


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