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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Kim Kardashian’s sensationalism reached new heights — hard to do — with a metal breast plate that was finished in a literal auto body shop, as conceived by British artist Allen Jones and styled by artist Nadia Lee Cohen. Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026 It was finally located last week, about 30 miles from the body shop where it was stolen, according to LASD investigators. Michele Gile, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Instead, the witness said Carver followed them down the street, where Safi stopped at a second auto body shop. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026 Harris organized a meeting at his auto-body shop with Chunky Parker. Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 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 12 May. 2026.

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