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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The deal included a nearby body shop and offered Shorty’s a five-year lease, with an offer that included keeping Shorty’s as part of the redevelopment. — Connie Ogle, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

The Los Angeles County Fire Department previously told The Times the fire began inside an auto-body shop and spread to an adjacent building containing several businesses. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Eventually, Meghan quit her job as a news anchor and Jake abandoned his plan to take over his parents’ auto body shop to make the move to Cuyuna Country from Milwaukee, almost seven hours away. — Midwest Living, 2 Nov. 2026

Among the businesses destroyed were The MAIN theater, the Newhall Refinery restaurant and the body shop, all in the historic structure. — City News Service, Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for body shop

• barbershop
• countertop
• lollipop
• mountaintop
• photoshop
• tabletop
• turboprop
• atop
• backdrop
• backstop
• bebop
• blacktop