garagenoun
uk/ˈɡær.ɑːʒ//ˈɡær.ɪdʒ/us/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/garage noun (CARS)
A2 [ C ] a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house:
Did you put the car in the garage?
B1 [ C ] a place where cars are repaired:
The car's still at the garage getting fixed.
[ C ] UK US gas station a place where fuel is sold for cars and other vehicles
UK a place where cars are sold
More examples
- If you're near the garage, could you check to see if the car's ready?
- I've booked the car into the garage because the clutch is slipping.
- The wind has packed the snow against the garage door.
- We ran out of petrol on the way home, but as luck would have it, we were very near a garage.
- We've just had a new garage built at great expense.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: parking
- bike rack
- block
- block sth/sb in
- clamp
- cycle rack
- Denver boot
- double-park
- drive
- driveway
- multistorey
- P, p
- parallel parking
- park-and-ride
- parked
- parking
- parking garage
- parking meter
- parking policeman
- parking ticket
- wheel clamp
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On the road: petrol stations, garages & repair shops
Shops & auctions
garage noun (MUSIC)
[ U ] fast, electronic dance music with a strong beat, keyboards, and singing
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pop, rock & soul
- agit-pop
- band
- bhangra
- blue-eyed soul
- boy band
- dub
- Europop
- gangsta rap
- goth
- grunge
- hard rock
- heavy metal
- jungle
- pop group
- punk rock
- rock and roll
- rock chick
- rocker
- sampler
- trance
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Types of music
garageverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɡær.ɑːʒ//ˈɡær.ɪdʒ/us/ɡəˈrɑːʒ/to put or keep a vehicle in a garage:
If your car is garaged, you get much cheaper insurance.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: parking
- bike rack
- block
- block sth/sb in
- clamp
- cycle rack
- Denver boot
- double-park
- drive
- driveway
- multistorey
- P, p
- parallel parking
- park-and-ride
- parked
- parking
- parking garage
- parking meter
- parking policeman
- parking ticket
- wheel clamp
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