garage
noun
ga·rage
| \ gə-ˈräzh
, -ˈräj; Canadian also -ˈrazh, -ˈraj; British usually ˈga-(ˌ)räzh, -(ˌ)räj, -rij
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, -ˈräj; Canadian also -ˈrazh, -ˈraj; British usually ˈga-(ˌ)räzh, -(ˌ)räj, -rij
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Definition of garage
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a shelter or repair shop for automotive vehicles
2
: a cabinet with a vertical rolling door that is used for storing a small kitchen appliance
garage
verb
garaged;
garaging
Definition of garage (Entry 2 of 2)
: to keep or put in a garage
Examples of garage in a Sentence
Noun
a house with a two-car garage My car was making a strange noise, so I brought it to the garage.Verb
He garaged the car for the winter.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
In one of her first acts after her 2016 election, former Mayor Catherine Pugh canceled a plan of her predecessor — Stephanie Rawlings-Blake — to sell four of Baltimore’s downtown parking garages to raise up to $60 million for rec centers. — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, "For first time in decades, most Baltimore rec centers now open on Saturdays," 7 Sep. 2019 The celebration takes place in an area between Mod Pizza and a four-story parking garage next to Metro Market. — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Shorewood may ban religious and secular holiday decorations from public buildings and places," 6 Sep. 2019 The Frankfort Police Department said officers responded about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to a report of shots fired at a parking garage on St. Clair Street. — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, "Man and dog killed after shooting inside a Frankfort parking garage, police say," 5 Sep. 2019 Viewers may also use parking garages downtown St. Paul and then make their way to the river. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "A flying Juicy Lucy? Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul Saturday," 5 Sep. 2019 Landscape architect Chris Lynn described a 2013 proposal designed by his firm, AECOM, to build a 750-space parking garage on land north of City Hall, with a 40-foot-wide pedestrian bridge spanning the railroads and the Shoreway. — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Bridge debate to nowhere: Lakefront pedestrian connection stuck while Mayor Jackson stays mum — Steven Litt," 1 Sep. 2019 The building, designed to take advantage of natural light, will have a covered patient drop off area and both surface level and garage parking. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Real estate transactions: Medical office building breaks ground in Bellaire," 30 Aug. 2019 In addition, there is an EV mode for low-speed battery-only driving (handy in parking garages) with about a half-mile of range. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid LE: A versatile 52 mpg," 30 Aug. 2019 Every day for 10 months, Knightscope K5 patrolled the parking garage across the street from the city hall in Hayward, California. — Wired, "Of Course Citizens Should Be Allowed to Kick Robots," 29 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
In 1989 it was loosened to allow residents to garage passenger pickups. — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, "Get That Truck Out: A Town’s Pickup Ban Runs Into Blowback," 1 July 2018 How to keep rodents out of your car Noble encouraged drivers to look under the hood of a vehicle that has been garaged for a long period of time or doesn't get used much. — Christina Hall, ajc, "Rats can't resist wiring in newer cars: Here's why," 8 May 2018 Noble encouraged drivers to look under the hood of a vehicle that has been garaged for a long period of time or doesn't get used much. — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, "Rats can't resist wiring in newer cars: Here's why," 7 May 2018 Insurance companies use ZIP codes to contain the costs of claims to the areas where people who generated the claims live, raising premiums for everyone who garages a car there. — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit car insurance: Why Cleveland has it way cheaper," 23 Mar. 2018 Over nine albums, 12 singles and two EPs, the band explored dusty detours, from country to punk to rockabilly to hard rock to garage rock. — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, "Cleveland's punkabilly Cowslingers reunite for rare show at Beachland," 4 Jan. 2018 The yellow 1955 Corvette that the governor drove to the ribbon-cutting is safely garaged. — Andy Newman, New York Times, "If This Bridge Were on Broadway, It Would Be ‘Hamilton’," 31 Aug. 2017 The parking garages the City owns that are attached to the stadiums could be sold as part of the stadium disposition or sold independently. — Michael C. Dealoia, cleveland.com, "What the next Cleveland mayor should do to help area's tech Industry, Part 3: Tech Czar Talk," 20 Aug. 2017 RepairPal uses the same database that garages use to figure out how long a repair should take. — Tom Krisher, Philly.com, "How to avoid being a victim on the car-repair front," 23 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'garage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for garage
garage
noun
English Language Learners Definition of garage
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a building or part of a building in which a car, truck, etc., is kept
: a shop where vehicles are repaired
garage
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of garage (Entry 2 of 2)
: to put or keep (a car, truck, etc.) in a garage
See the full definition for garage in the English Language Learners Dictionary
garage
noun
ga·rage
| \ gə-ˈräzh
, -ˈräj\
, -ˈräj\
Kids Definition of garage
1
: a building or part of a building where vehicles are kept when not in use
2
: a shop where vehicles are repaired
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