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garage
(gærɑːʒ, -rɪdʒ, US gərɑːʒ)
Word forms: plural garages
1. countable noun
A garage is a building in which you keep a car. A garage is often built next to or as part of a house.
2. countable noun
A garage is a place where you can get your car repaired. In Britain, you can also buy fuel for your car, or buy cars.
Nancy took her car to a local garage for a check-up.
Nelson Garage has the used car you're after.
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garage in British English
(ˈɡærɑːʒ, -rɪdʒ)
noun
1.
a building or part of a building used to house a motor vehicle
2.
a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold, and which usually also sells motor fuels
3.
a.
a rough-and-ready style of rock music
b.
a type of disco music based on soul
verb
4. (transitive)
to put into, keep in, or take to a garage
Word origin
C20: from French, from garer to dock (a ship), from Old French: to protect, from Old High German warōn; see bewaregarage in American English
(gəˈrɑʒ; gəˈrɑdʒ; British ˈgærˌɑʒ; ˈgærɪdʒ)
noun
1.
a closed shelter for a motor vehicle or vehicles
2.
a business establishment where motor vehicles are stored, repaired, serviced, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: gaˈraged or gaˈraging
3.
to put or keep in a garage
Word origin
Fr < garer, to protect, preserve < Gmc, as in OHG waron, to watch over: for IE base see warnImage ofgarage
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British English: garage /ˈɡærɑːʒ; -rɪdʒ/ NOUN
shelter for car A garage is a building where you keep a car.
- American English: garage
- Arabic: جَراج
- Brazilian Portuguese: garagem
- Chinese: 车库
- Croatian: garaža
- Czech: garáž
- Danish: garage
- Dutch: garage
- European Spanish: garaje
- Finnish: autotalli
- French: garage
- German: Garage
- Greek: γκαράζ
- Italian: garage
- Japanese: ガレージ
- Korean: 차고
- Norwegian: garasje
- Polish: garaż
- European Portuguese: garagem
- Romanian: garaj
- Russian: гараж
- Latin American Spanish: garaje
- Swedish: garage
- Thai: โรงรถ
- Turkish: garaj
- Ukrainian: гараж
- Vietnamese: nhà để xe
British English: garage /ˈɡærɑːʒ; -rɪdʒ/ NOUN
for repairs A garage is a place where you can get your car repaired.
- American English: garage
- Arabic: جَرَاج
- Brazilian Portuguese: oficina de automóveis
- Chinese: 修车厂
- Croatian: garaža
- Czech: autoopravna
- Danish: værksted
- Dutch: garage
- European Spanish: taller
- Finnish: korjaamo
- French: garageréparations
- German: Garage
- Greek: συνεργείο
- Italian: autofficina
- Japanese: 自動車修理工場
- Korean: 차고
- Norwegian: garasje
- Polish: garaż
- European Portuguese: garagem
- Romanian: service auto
- Russian: автомастерская
- Latin American Spanish: taller mecánico
- Swedish: verkstad
- Thai: อู่ซ่อมรถ
- Turkish: garaj
- Ukrainian: автомайстерня
- Vietnamese: nhà để xe
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Chinese translation of 'garage'
garage
(ˈɡærɑːʒ)
n (c)
- (of private house)
车(車)库
(chēkù) (个(個), gè) - (for car repairs)
汽车(車)修理厂(廠)
(qìchē xiūlǐchǎng) (个(個), gè) - (Brit, = petrol station)
加油站
(jiāyóuzhàn) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun)
Definition
to put or keep a car in a garage
Does the house have a garage?
Synonyms
lock-up
car port
2 (noun)
Definition
a place where cars are repaired and petrol is sold
We'd better stop by at the garage for some petrol.
Synonyms
service station
petrol station
The car was parked in the forecourt of the petrol station.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of petrol station
The car was parked in the forecourt of the petrol station.
Synonyms
garage,
gas station (US, Canadian)
Synonyms of 'garage'
garage
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