garage
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- noun
- /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/
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garaje
- I parked my car in the garage to keep it safe from the rain.
- garage door
- parking garage
- garage sale
And you back out of the garage and I feel this bump.
- And you back out of the garage and I feel this bump.
- Guess a thank you for us redoing their garage on Garage Rehab again.
- I mean, those weeks doing the show in my garage, were they?
- I remember some kids were in the garage and they were all sniffing gas.
- And I am now upstairs above the garage in our house in southern Vermont.
- Let's let's all clean out our garages this weekend.
- He was mostly outside and then, you know, staying in the garage as his place.
Examples
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- The garage is behind these trees.
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At the house, Hopkins opened the garage door, half hoping that Ellen's car would be inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
Anyway, we had to park in the parking garage behind it.
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Yeah, most of this room, which is just a converted garage, is storage.
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You started this whole thing from your garage.
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When they started the business out of their garage in 1995, they added business by word of mouth.
Academic text (2002) -
We see the car pull into the basement garage and the door close.
Fiction book (1990) -
OK, let's head into the garage and I'll show you guys the gym.
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And I had a free parking space in the garage of my agency's building.
Academic text (1995) -
This is a two-car garage, and my hobby room's upstairs.
Synonyms
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An area or building where people leave cars for a short time
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A place where people leave their cars for a short time
Compounds
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Garage comes from the French verb garer, which means 'to shelter' or 'to protect'. So a garage is literally a place that 'shelters' your car, keeping it safe and out of the weather.