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   garage

   /ˈɡarɑː(d)ʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a building for housing a motor vehicle or vehicles: "a detached house with an integral garage" Similar car portlock-updepotterminusterminalbaseheadquartersbus stationcoach station
   • ▪ an establishment which sells fuel or which repairs and sells motor vehicles. Similar service stationpetrol stationgas stationinformal:servo
   • 2. a style of unpolished, energetic rock music associated with suburban amateur bands: "a garage band"
   • 3. a form of dance 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.

   verb

   • 1. put or keep (a motor vehicle) in a garage: "the car needn't be garaged in the winter"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from French, from garer ‘to shelter’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. garaging noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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     2

   • A

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   • A

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   • G

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