word-vault/dist/data/cards/ga/garage.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "garage",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/house_1.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a building for keeping one or more cars or other vehicles in",
            "sensetop": "in a garage",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a double garage *(= one for two cars)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a house with a detached/an attached/an integral garage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bus garage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an underground garage *(= for example under an office building)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't forget to put the car in the garage.",
                    "contextForm": "in a garage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you shut the garage door?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["double", "single", "triple"],
                "verb + garage": ["build", "construct", "erect"],
                "garage + noun": ["door", "space", "sale"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the garage"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place where vehicles are repaired and/or where you can buy a car or buy petrol and oil",
            "sensetop": "at a garage",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had to take the car to the garage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car's still at the garage.",
                    "contextForm": "at a garage"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a garage mechanic"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["local"],
                "verb + garage": ["own", "run", "take something to"],
                "garage + noun": ["mechanic", "owner", "business"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the garage"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a style of rock music played with great energy but not necessarily great technique, popular in the 1960s",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a type of electronic dance music with elements of drum and bass, house music and soul",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡærɑːʒ//ˈɡærɑːdʒ//ˈɡærɪdʒ/",
                "audio": "ga/garage/garage__gb_6.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡəˈrɑːʒ//ɡəˈrɑːdʒ/",
                "audio": "ga/garage/garage__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 20th cent.: from French, from garer ‘to shelter’."
}