garage

(gə-räzh', -räj')
n.

1. A building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle.
2. A commercial establishment where cars are repaired, serviced, or parked.

tr.v., -raged, -rag·ing, -rag·es.
To put or store in a garage.

[French, from garer, to shelter, from Old French garer, guerrer, of Germanic origin.]

garageable ga·rage'a·ble adj.

WORD HISTORY   It is difficult today to envision a world without garages or a language without the word garage. However, the word probably did not exist before the 19th century and certainly not before the 18th; possibly the thing itself did not exist before the end of the 19th century. Our word is a direct borrowing of French garage, which is first recorded in 1802 in the sense "place where one docks." The verb garer, from which garage was derived, originally meant "to put merchandise under shelter," then "to moor a boat," and then "to put a vehicle into a place for safekeeping," that is, a garage, a sense first recorded in French in 1901. English almost immediately borrowed this French word, the first instance being found in 1902.

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The standard pronunciation in British English is ga-rahzh, although some speakers say ga-rij or (with the stress on the second syllable) gǝ-rahzh. The dominant pronunciations in American English are gǝ-rahzh and gǝ-rahj.

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1. Building or part thereof where motor vehicles are kept.
2. Place for repairing and maintaining such vehicles. Also see attached garage, detached garage.

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IN BRIEF: A building or indoor space in which to park or keep a motor vehicle. Also: A commercial establishment where cars are repaired.

The garage housed their car and boat.

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Dreaming about a garage can have variable meanings, depending on how one utilizes her or his garage. Is it a tool shed and hobby room, or just a place to park the car? In general, the garage refers to one's reserves of energy and motivation.

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For a list of words related to garage, see:

• Driving and Repair - garage: repair shop; place for storing car at one’s home
• Types of Buildings - garage: small, enclosed building for storing cars and equipment
• Outbuildings, Gardens, and Fences - garage: enclosed area for storage of automobiles and other equipment, usu. adjoining main building
• Rooms - garage: storage area outside main house, esp. for automobiles
• Roadways and Driving - garage: shelter or repair facility for automobiles, trucks, or buses

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See words rhyming with "garage."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - autoværksted, servicestation, garage
v. tr. - sætte i garage

idioms:

• garage sale    salg fra privatbolig, loppemarked

Nederlands (Dutch)
garage, werkplaats, benzinestation, soort popmuziek, stallen, naar de garage brengen

Français (French)
n. - garage
v. tr. - mettre (qch) au garage

idioms:

• garage sale    brocante à domicile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Garage, Autowerkstatt, Tankstelle, Autohandlung
v. - parken, abstellen

idioms:

• garage sale    Flohmarkt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σταθμός αυτοκινήτων, αυτοκινητοστάσιο, συνεργείο (κν. γκαράζ), καθομ.) δευτερεύουσα αίθουσα συνεδριάσεων του χρηματιστήριου της Ν. Υόρκης
v. - βάζω σε γκαράζ

idioms:

• garage sale    (ΗΠΑ) ξεπούλημα μεταχειρισμένων ειδών νοικοκυριού

Italiano (Italian)
parcheggiare, garage, autorimessa

idioms:

• garage sale    bazar di oggetti usati

Português (Portuguese)
n. - garagem (f)
v. - guardar em garagem

idioms:

• garage sale    venda (f) de artigos domésticos feita na casa do vendedor (f)

Русский (Russian)
гараж, ставить в гараж

idioms:

• garage sale    распродажа домашних вещей на дому

Español (Spanish)
n. - garaje, taller
v. tr. - meter en la cochera, poner en el garaje

idioms:

• garage sale    venta de objetos usados en la casa del vendedor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - garage, verkstad
v. - ställa in i garaget

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
车库, 机库, 汽车修理厂, 把车送入修车场

idioms:

• garage sale    车库售物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 車庫, 機庫, 汽車修理廠
v. tr. - 把車送入修車場

idioms:

• garage sale    車庫售物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 차고
v. tr. - 차고에 넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガレージ, 車庫, 自動車修理工場
v. - 車庫に入れる

idioms:

• garage sale    ガレージセール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرآب (فعل) يؤوي في مرآب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוסך, תחנת דלק, מוסיקת רוק של להקות פרוורים, מוסיקת נשמה ביתית‬
v. tr. - ‮הכניס למוסך, שמר במוסך‬

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