garage

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ɡəˈrɒʒ/ or /ɡəˈrɒdʒ/ or /ɡəˈrædʒ/ or /ɡəˈræʒ/, SAMPA: /g@"rQZ/ or /ge"rQdZ/ or /g@"r{Z/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈgæˌrɪdʒ/, SAMPA: /"g{%rIdZ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/, SAMPA: /g@"rA:Z/

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Noun

Singular garage

Plural garages

1. (countable) A garage is building that you keep cars in.

   They lived in a large country house with a two-car garage.

   Hotel guests have free access to the underground parking garage.

   Here people leave their car windows open, their garage doors up, and their kids' bikes lying on grass.

2. (countable) A garage is a shop that repairs cars.

   The guy at the garage said it would take three days to fix the car.

Related words

• garage sale