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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The lot on North Main Street that would be used for the hotel is currently home to an auto body shop that will be demolished to make way for the hotel, according to documents submitted to the city. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026 Last June 16, armed immigration agents broke the locks to forcibly enter an Oxnard auto body shop. Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 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 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 4 Jun. 2026.

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