garage
/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
Frequency: 4.25 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage; garage rock.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A type of electronic dance music related to house music, with warped and time-stretched sounds; UK garage.
British usage; Countable; Uncountable
verb
To store in a garage.
Example Sentences
- "A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard."
- "The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures."
- "We garaged the convertible during the monsoon months."
- "Meanwhile the chauffeur who had driven them there—a subordinate member of the band—had garaged his car and was loitering about the drive in the expectation of further instructions."
- "I garaged the car and went to Aunt Dahlia's sanctum to ascertain whether she had cooled off at all since I had left her, for I was still anxious about that blood pressure of hers."
- "In large cities cars are nuisances unless you have enough money to afford to garage the beasts."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: garer, garir, *warjan, varer, varask, *warjaną
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
- British English: /ˈɡæ.ɹɪdʒ/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Dated
- British usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.