a small building, usually next to or part of a house, where people park their cars and keep tools or other items
Dad parked the car in the garage to keep it safe from the storm.
The kids turned the empty garage into a mini basketball court.
✦ Borrowed from French "garage", from "garer" meaning “to shelter or protect”. The word entered English in the early 1900s with the rise of the motorcar.
a business or workshop where mechanics repair and service cars and other vehicles
My car was making a strange noise, so I took it to the garage for a check-up.
The garage called to say the new tires were ready.
✦ Extended from the original sense of a car shelter to mean the place where cars are professionally repaired, first recorded in the 1910s.
to put or keep a vehicle inside a garage for protection or storage
During winter, we garaged the motorcycle to protect it from snow.
He always garages his vintage car in a locked shed.
✦ Verb use developed from the noun in the early 20th century, meaning “to place in a garage.”
a style of upbeat electronic dance music, originally from the UK, with strong bass and shuffled drum rhythms
She loves dancing to garage at weekend clubs.
The radio station plays a mix of house and garage.
✦ Named after the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York, whose soulful dance music influenced UK producers in the early 1990s.
