Noun a house with a two-car garage My car was making a strange noise, so I brought it to the garage. Verb He garaged the car for the winter.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Jagiello lived in a mother-in-law's house above the garage and helped take care of her grandchildren Max, 9, and 4-year-old Charlotte. Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022 The detached two-car garage has living quarters with a bathroom, wet bar and skylights. Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Jerry is concerned about Rick, a sociopathic scientist, using the garage as his personal laboratory. Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022 Like frying her bangs with a flatiron ahead of a garage party — because that was the cool hairstyle at the time (and no one knew any better). Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 For consistency, this test was conducted in an environment that provided equal testing procedures for each product: the Car and Driver garage. Collin Morgan And Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022 Dubbed Pavilion Field at Riverwalk, the gridiron/garage is attached to an 80,000-square-foot building that features stores and eateries. Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022 Master plan would add an underground parking garage, shielding comings and goings of first family. Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022 The truck will park on Vine Street, near the 308 Vine St. garage, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2022
Verb
When the lawn slows its growth and your mower has made its last cut of the season, be sure to thoroughly clean it before stowing it in your shed or garage for the winter. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 The company couldn’t find enough land, workers were scarce, lumber prices were exploding, and the faltering supply chain turned the search for everything from dishwashers to garage doors into a kind of corporate scavenger hunt.New York Times, 23 July 2022 Our testers also gave points to the compact design and vertical storage — good if space in the shed or garage for outdoor power equipment is limited. Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 8 June 2022 The InHome associate uses a one-time access code to unlock the customer’s door or garage through their InHome app, which pairs with smart entry technology. Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022 Ideally, the container should be kept in an unheated shed or garage for most of the winter, watered occasionally and brought outside once the bulbs have initiated top growth. Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020 Airport Executive Director Bill Wyatt was among those who spent a long night shutting down the old facilities — which closed about midnight — and quickly opening up a shiny new terminal, concourse and garage a few hours later. Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2020 Dear Readers: Many of us love vintage items and going to garage sales to find treasures, but there are some items that may not be a bargain.Washington Post, 3 July 2020 Oil prices crumbled again as demand for energy withers as planes remain parked, cars garaged and factories shut down. Elaine Kurtenbach, ajc, 21 Apr. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
borrowed from French, "docking (of a boat), place to store vehicles," from garer "to dock, moor" (going back to Middle French guerrer, garrer "to moor (a boat), shelter (merchandise)," going back to Old French (Brittany) varer "to protect oneself against," probably borrowed from Old Norse vara "to warn," varask "to be on one's guard") + -age-age — more at ware entry 3