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# garage

«garage» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building or a room next to a house where a car is kept** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (garage, garages)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A garage is a building or a room next to a house where a car is kept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#m1)

2) A garage is also a place where cars are fixed, and in the UK and Ireland a place that sells petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#m2)

3) A parking garage is a big building with levels where many cars park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#m3)

4) A garage sale is when a family sells old things in front of their home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

A place in the story; it holds cars counted, or has a floor measured; sometimes a garage sale with prices to add. In everyday life: bikes, tools and boxes are kept in the garage. In safety: a running car in a closed garage is dangerous. Phrases: «garage sale», «parking garage», «garage door».

### examples

- The garage holds 2 cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x1)
- A parking garage has 5 levels with 40 cars on each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x2)
- They sold toys at a garage sale for 1 dollar each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x3)
- The garage is 6 metres long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x4)
- Dad keeps our bikes in the garage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x5)
- Mum took the car to the garage because it made a funny noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x6)
- Close the garage door when you leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x7)
- We stopped at a garage to fill up with petrol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/#x8)

### note

A place only, unless sizes or cars per level are given: levels × cars per level gives the total. Trap: a garage sale is about money, not cars. Said «GA-rahzh» or «GA-ridge»; both are fine.

### In the corpora

- [A boy in Ohio was bored at home and climbed onto the garage roof for fun; he slipped off and broke his arm.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/17/)
- [Engines and generators must never run indoors or in a garage, because they make carbon monoxide.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/117-neighbours-deliveries-and-heating/19/)
- [In a parking garage you stay close to the adult, because it is dark and cars come round corners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/15/)
- [One afternoon the Station Road boys corner Sam by the garages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/370-standing-by-a-friend/5/)
- [Josh said he'd tidied the garage; Dad didn't argue, he just went and looked — tidy!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/451-the-check-that-settles-it/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «garage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.