body shop

noun

: a shop where automotive bodies are made or repaired

Examples of body shop in a Sentence

My car is at the body shop having the dent in the door fixed.
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His family ran a body shop, and his dad was an amateur boxer who taught his sons the sweet science. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025 An auto body shop was destroyed on Thursday during a fire in Stamford where firefighters spent hours battling a blaze that caused a partial roof collapse while crews were inside. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2025 On Friday, 38-year-old Gerson Jean, an airport ramp worker, was arrested at the same body shop in connection to the man’s death. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 The first stage in Halewood’s redevelopment was its new body shop, with two floors separated by 2.5 meters (eight feet) of concrete to account for heavy machinery, capable of producing 500 vehicle bodies per day. Alex Christian, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for body shop

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of body shop was in 1906

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“Body shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20shop. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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