English Explanatory Dictionary

garage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
  2. A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
  3. A petrol filling station.
  4. A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
  5. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
  6. A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
  7. A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
verb
  1. To store in a garage.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/ /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːʒ/ /ˈɡæ.ɹɑːdʒ/ /ɡ(ə)ˈɹɑ(d)ʒ/ en-uk-garage.ogg en-gb-garage-alt.ogg en-uk-garage-2.ogg /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ /ɡəˈɹɑdʒ/ /ɡɹɑʒ/ /ɡɹɑdʒ/ en-us-garage.ogg /ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/ EN-AU ck1 garage.ogg /ɡ(ə)ˈɹæ(d)ʒ/

Word forms

garage garages garaging garaged

Etymology

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

Synonyms

auto shop car workshop vehicle workshop petrol station filling station gas station service station

Derived words

2-step garage avant-garage detached garage future garage garageable garage apartment garage band garage certificate garage door garage door opener garageful garageless garagelike Garage Mahal garageman garage punk garage-punk garage queen garage rock garage-rock garage sale garage startup garage suite garageware garagey parking garage petrol garage speed garage three guys in a garage UK garage
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