garage

/'gærɑ:ʤ/

Thân thiện

The mechanic repairs a car in the garage.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A building or structure designed for storing motor vehicles: A "garage" is primarily a sheltered space, often attached to or separate from a house, used for parking and protecting cars, trucks, or other vehicles from the weather.
   • A commercial establishment for vehicle repair and maintenance: A "garage" can also refer to a business where automobiles are serviced, repaired, or sometimes sold.

2. Verb:

   • To place or keep a vehicle in a garage: The action of putting a car or other vehicle into a garage for storage or safekeeping.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Storage Structure):
  • We keep our bicycles and gardening tools in the garage.
  • The house has a two-car garage attached to it.
• Noun (Repair Shop):
  • I need to take my car to the garage for an oil change.
  • He works as a mechanic at the local garage.
• Verb:
  • You should garage your classic car during the winter to protect it from the snow.
  • We don't garage our car; we park it on the street.

Advanced Usage

• "Garage" as a modifier in compound nouns (Listed here as they are distinct lexical items):
  • Garage sale: A sale of used household goods, typically held in a person's garage.

    • They made some extra money by having a garage sale.
  • Garage band: A musical group, typically amateur, that rehearses in a garage.

    • They started out as a garage band before getting a record deal.

Variants and Related Words

• Garaging (gerund/noun): The act or practice of keeping a vehicle in a garage.
  • The garaging of the vehicle is included in the rental fee.
• Garagekeeper (noun, less common): A person who owns or runs a garage, especially a repair shop.

Synonyms

• Noun (Storage): Carport, shed, depot.
• Noun (Repair Shop): Auto shop, service station, repair shop, mechanic's shop.
• Verb: Store, house, park.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(The word "garage" itself does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its verbal use is typically straightforward: "to garage something.")

Related Idioms

• "In the garage": Literally means inside the garage. Can be used figuratively to imply something is being worked on or is out of service.
  • My project is still in the garage, but I hope to finish it soon.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
2. an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles

Verb

1. keep or store in a garage
   • we don't garage our car

Từ đồng nghĩa

• service department