garage
Pluralgarages
Pluralgarages
Formsgarages, garaging, garaged
- 1A building or part of a house where people keep cars and tools.
Like a bedroom for your car.
We park our car in the garage every night.
Dad keeps his tools in boxes along the garage wall.
UsageSay in the garage.
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- 3A kind of rock music with loud, simple guitar songs, often played by new bands practicing at home.
The band plays garage with loud guitars and fast drums.
His band plays garage, with loud guitars and very simple songs.
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- 4A kind of British dance music with skipping beats and voices that sound stretched and bent.
The DJ played garage all night, and everyone danced until morning.
My cousin in London listens to garage on the bus to school.
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Less common meanings
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- 6A place where drivers stop to buy gas for their cars.
We stopped at a garage to fill up the car before the long drive.
The garage near our house also sells snacks and cold drinks.
UsageSay stop at a garage to buy fuel.
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- 7A large building where airplanes or airships are kept.
- 8A wide place in a canal where boats can pass each other.
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Origin
From French garage, meaning a place to keep something under cover. It comes from the French verb garer, meaning to shelter or protect.
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 4 facts
- English garage comes from French garage. fr.wiktionary.org
- French garage denotes a place for keeping something under cover. fr.wiktionary.org
- French garage derives from garer. fr.wiktionary.org
- Garer means to shelter or protect. en.wiktionary.org