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- [guh-rahzh, -rahj or, esp. British, gar-ij, -ahzh]
- /gəˈrɑʒ, -ˈrɑdʒ or, esp. British, ˈgær ɪdʒ, -ɑʒ/
- /ˈɡærɑːʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [guh-rahzh, -rahj or, esp. British, gar-ij, -ahzh]
- /gəˈrɑʒ, -ˈrɑdʒ or, esp. British, ˈgær ɪdʒ, -ɑʒ/
Definitions of garage word
- noun garage a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles. 1
- noun garage a commercial establishment for repairing and servicing motor vehicles. 1
- verb with object garage to put or keep in a garage. 1
- noun garage A building or shed for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles. 1
- noun garage at house 1
- noun garage for fixing car 1
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Origin of garage
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05; < French, equivalent to gar(er) to shelter (< Germanic *warôn to take notice of; see ware2) + -age -age
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Parts of speech for Garage
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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garage popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
garage usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for garage
noun garage
- shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- barn — A barn is a building on a farm in which crops or animal food can be kept.
- storage — the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage.
- carport — A carport is a shelter for cars which is attached to a house and consists of a flat roof supported on pillars.
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