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garage

/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/

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What does garage mean?

noun

  1. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
  2. A petrol filling station.
  3. A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
  2. A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
  3. A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
  4. (dated) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

verb

  1. To store in a garage.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɡəˈɹɑdʒ//ɡɹɑʒ//ɡɹɑdʒ/
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“I will head this procession to the garage, and there we will remove the first coat.”
Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the LimberlostProject Gutenberg ebook #125
One vermicomposting solution to this seasonal overload is to start up a second, summertime-only outdoor worm bin in the garage or other shaded location.
Steve SolomonOrganic Gardener's CompostingProject Gutenberg ebook #4342
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Knowltop's family name) has just built a big new stucco barn, with a garage hitched to it, all nicely heated, and ready for us.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
With this fact in mind we will not feel restricted to any part of the premises merely because it is out of sight behind the barn or garage.
F. F. (Frederick Frye) RockwellHome Vegetable Gardening A Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home UseProject Gutenberg ebook #7123
Ten days later he wrote me saying that the boy had secured a job in a garage at $6 a week and could not think about being cured of stammering at that time.
Benjamin Nathaniel BogueStammering, its cause and cureProject Gutenberg ebook #4256