See Also: garage(dictionary)
Garage(money)
GARAGE(finance)
garage sale(dictionary)
garage band(dictionary)
garage 2, verb(dictionary)
garage 1, noun(dictionary)
parking garage(dictionary)
BEVERLY BUS GARAGE(finance)
Garage - Motor Sports(gambling)

garage (iou)



garage noun & verb. E20.
[French, from garer to shelter.]
A. noun.
A building or part of a building for keeping one or more motor vehicles when not in use. E20.
Oxford Times Detached freehold House...Separate access to brick garage.
A commercial establishment which sells petrol, oil, etc., and freq. also repairs and services motor vehicles. M20.
Financial Times Unleaded petrol has gone on sale at about 200 garages.
A form of pop music incorporating elements of drum and bass, house music, and soul, characterized by a rhythm in which the second and fourth beats of the bar are omitted. Also UK garage. L20.
Comb.: garage band a rock band which rehearses in a garage; any band whose performance is characteristically loud, energetic, and somewhat unpolished; garage sale (chiefly N. Amer. & Austral.) a sale of miscellaneous second-hand items, usu. held in the garage of a private house.
b. verb trans. Place or accommodate (a motor vehicle) in or at a garage. E20.
garaging noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) garage accommodation: E20.