garage

ga·rage (gə räz̸h′, -räj′; Brit gar′äz̸h′, -ij)

noun

a closed shelter for a motor vehicle or vehicles
a business establishment where motor vehicles are stored, repaired, serviced, etc.

Etymology: Fr < garer, to protect, preserve < Gmc, as in OHG waron, to watch over: for IE base see warn

transitive verb -·raged′, -·rag′·ing

to put or keep in a garage

Housing for cars
parking garage, parking, parking space, parking lot, carport, self-parking*.
Commercial establishment
repair shop, service station, service garage; chop shop*.

Converse of object

detach: Outside The property is accessed via a tarmac driveway to the side which provides ample parking leads to the detached garage / workshop.
attach: Single Garage The property has the benefit of a single garage attached to the adjoining property.
demolish: The most common problem occurs when householders want to demolish an old garage with asbestos roofing.
shed: Store flat in a dry shed, garage or outhouse for best results.

Preposition: with

driveway: The bungalow benefits from gas fired heating, double glazing and garage with driveway offering ample parking.

Adjective modifier

integral: The tumble dryer is housed in the integral garage which leads directly from the kitchen.
lock-up: We have around 1,200 lock-up garages available for rent across East Hampshire.
double: Private swimming pool, 5 bedrooms, double garage.
attached: There is ample parking on the drive and there is an attached double garage.
domestic: Now Rod has got his hands oily again stripping down a Miata 1.8 model in an ordinary domestic garage, using ordinary tools.
triple: Posted by Matt Saunders at 09:00 comments ( 1 ) April 23, 2004 What would be in your £ 300k fantasy triple garage?

Modifies a noun

forecourt: It's a similar story of woe on the garage forecourts.
door: The leading internet supplier of garage doors in the UK.
punk: Flamboyant songstress Karen O. prevents them from being just another fashionable New York garage punk band.
opener: The boom of the garage door opener occupies the space shown in blue.
mechanic: We'll suppose that Jess is a perfectly competent garage mechanic or a management consultant, or perhaps an architect.
rock: Early beliefs of The Vines doing for garage rock what Nirvana did for grunge didn't really help their cause either.

Noun used with modifier

Esso: Follow this road ( passing Esso garage on the left ) across traffic lights to the roundabout.
lockup: I'm looking for storage space - about the size of a lockup garage.
sixty: Massimo del Pozzo Review: David Kerekes A European take on the sixties garage music scene, which is published around once a year.

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