I. gar‧age¹ S2 /ˈɡærɪdʒ, -ɑːʒ $ ɡəˈrɑːʒ/ noun
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: French; Origin: garer 'to shelter']

1. [countable] a building for keeping a car in, usually next to or attached to a house ⇒ carport:
I’ll just go and put the car in the garage.
a double/single/two-car/one-car garage
Their house had a double garage.
an automatic garage door

2. [countable] (also parking garage especially American English) a building in a public place where cars can be parked:
We parked in an underground garage near the hotel.

3. [countable] a place where motor vehicles are repaired:
My car’s at the garage.

4. [countable] British English a place where you buy petrol Synonym : petrol station, gas station American English

5. [uncountable] a type of popular music played on electronic instruments, with a strong fast beat and singing:
a collection of the latest dance and garage hits

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II. garage² verb [transitive]
to put or keep a vehicle in a garage

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garage
noun
I. for keeping cars in
ADJ. double, single | detached, integral, lean-to, lock-up | underground | bus
GARAGE + NOUN door
PREP. in a/the ~ Don't forget to put the car in the garage.

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garage
II. for repairing cars/buying petrol
ADJ. local
VERB + GARAGE own, run | take sth to I took the car to the local garage to get it fixed.
GARAGE + NOUN mechanic, owner
PREP. at a/the ~ The car's still at the garage.

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garage

put the car in the garage
Dad's just putting the car in the garage.
get the car out of the garage
Wait here while I get the car out of the garage.
a double/two-car garage (=for two cars)
The house had a double garage.
a single/one-car garage (=for one car)
A single garage could boost the price of a house by 8%.
a detached garage (=not joined to a house)
The house benefits from a large detached garage.
an integral garage (=part of a house and not a separate building)
The house has huge gardens and an integral garage.
a lock-up garage British English (=that you rent to keep a car or goods in)
They kept the car in a lock-up garage round the corner.
the garage door
She locked the garage door.

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car park British English a place with spaces for people to park their cars, either outside or in a building:
I parked in the car park next to the hospital.
parking lot American English a car park:
The hotel has an underground parking lot.
multistorey British English, multistorey car park a building containing a car park of several levels:
The car park was a huge concrete multistorey.
parking garage American English a multi-storey car park or an indoor, often underground, car park:
I scraped the car leaving the parking garage.
parking space a space for one car in a car park:
There wasn’t a single parking space available.
garage an indoor place for parking a car, attached to a house:
He reversed the car out of the garage.

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parking space/place a space in a street, car park etc where a car can be left
garage a building for keeping a car in, usually next to or attached to a house
parking garage especially American English a building near or under a public place where cars can be parked
car park British English, parking lot American English an area where cars can be parked
multistorey car park British English a building with many levels where cars can be parked
carport a shelter for a car which has a roof but no sides
drive British English, driveway American English the hard area between your house or garage and the street. on which you can leave a car

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