garage

noun

/ˈɡærɑːʒ/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒ/, /ˈɡærɪdʒ/

/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒ/

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[countable] a building for keeping one or more cars or other vehicles in
- a double garage (= one for two cars)
- a house with a detached/an attached/an integral garage
- a bus garage
- an underground garage (= for example under an office building)
- in a garage Don't forget to put the car in the garage.
- Did you shut the garage door?
see also parking garageTopics Buildingsb1, Houses and homesb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- double
- single
- triple
- …
verb + garage
- build
- construct
- erect
- …
garage + noun
- door
- space
- sale
- …
preposition
- in a/the garage
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[countable] a place where vehicles are repaired and/or where you can buy a car or buy petrol and oil
- I had to take the car to the garage.
- at a garage The car's still at the garage.
- a garage mechanic
compare petrol stationTopics Transport by car or lorryb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- local
verb + garage
- own
- run
- take something to
- …
garage + noun
- mechanic
- owner
- business
- …
preposition
- at a/the garage
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(also garage rock)
[uncountable] a style of rock music played with great energy but not necessarily great technique, popular in the 1960s
(also UK garage)
[uncountable] a type of electronic dance music with elements of drum and bass, house music and soulTopics Musicc2

Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from garer ‘to shelter’.

verb

/ˈɡærɑːʒ/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒ/, /ˈɡærɪdʒ/

/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they garage	/ˈɡærɑːʒ/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒ/, /ˈɡærɪdʒ/ /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒ/
he / she / it garages	/ˈɡærɑːʒɪz/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒɪz/, /ˈɡærɪdʒɪz/ /ɡəˈrɑːʒɪz/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒɪz/
past simple garaged	/ˈɡærɑːʒd/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒd/, /ˈɡærɪdʒd/ /ɡəˈrɑːʒd/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒd/
past participle garaged	/ˈɡærɑːʒd/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒd/, /ˈɡærɪdʒd/ /ɡəˈrɑːʒd/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒd/
-ing form garaging	/ˈɡærɑːʒɪŋ/, /ˈɡærɑːdʒɪŋ/, /ˈɡærɪdʒɪŋ/ /ɡəˈrɑːʒɪŋ/, /ɡəˈrɑːdʒɪŋ/

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garage something to put or keep a vehicle in a garage
- They have space to garage two cars.
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from garer ‘to shelter’.