garagelike

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adjective

Resembling a garage.

Similar
rudimentaryundevelopedcrudeprimitiveroughruderudimentalunrefined
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English garage →
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Meanings

adjectivegaragelike (comparative more garagelike, superlative most garagelike)

comparative more garagelike · superlative most garagelike · alternative garage-like

  1. Resembling a garage.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyRough and unfinished.

    The grill guys sometimes dance around the flames to the soundtrack of this garagelike restaurant.

    2009 January 25, Kris Ensminger, “On the Cheap”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: rudimentary, undeveloped, crude, primitive, rough, rude, rudimental, rudimentary

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRough and unfinished.

Similar
rudimentaryundevelopedcrudeprimitiveroughruderudimentalrudimentaryundevelopedunrefined
Also see
crudeprimitiveroughrudimentalundevelopedunrefined

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wer-
  2. Proto-Germanic*warōną
  3. Frankish*warōn
  4. Proto-Germanic*warōną
  5. Old Norsevara
  6. Old Frenchgarer
  7. Middle Frenchgarrer
  8. Frenchgarer
  9. Frenchgarage
  10. Englishgarage
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. Englishgaragelike

From garage + -like.

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Cite this entry
APA

garagelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garagelike

MLA

“garagelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garagelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garagelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garagelike.

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