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GARAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("garage" is a kind of...):

outbuilding (a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "garage"):

car port; carport (garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles)

Derivation:

garage (keep or store in a garage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired

Synonyms:

garage; service department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("garage" is a kind of...):

fix-it shop; repair shop (a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Keep or store in a garage

Example:

we don't garage our car

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "garage" is one way to...):

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

garage (an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles)

Credits

 Context examples: 

On the other hand no garage man who had seen him ever came forward—and perhaps he had an easier, surer way of finding out what he wanted to know.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Wilson was quieter now and Michaelis went home to sleep; when he awoke four hours later and hurried back to the garage Wilson was gone.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

For a while the door of the office was open and everyone who came into the garage glanced irresistibly through it.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"I've heard of making a garage out of a stable," Tom was saying to Gatsby, "but I'm the first man who ever made a stable out of a garage."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

When he came outside again a little after seven he was reminded of the conversation because he heard Mrs. Wilson's voice, loud and scolding, downstairs in the garage.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

His voice faded off and Tom glanced impatiently around the garage.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Then the valley of ashes opened out on both sides of us, and I had a glimpse of Mrs. Wilson straining at the garage pump with panting vitality as we went by.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me. "They've been living over that garage for eleven years. And Tom's the first sweetie she ever had."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"But there's a garage right here," objected Jordan. "I don't want to get stalled in this baking heat."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)