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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An employee of the auto body shop suffered a minor injury and received treatment at an area hospital, according to officials. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025 People who had seen him at the auto body shop worked with sketch artists to produce sketches that FBI agents took door-to-door in the city. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 Apr. 2025 These include the local transit system, submarine manufacturers, an operator of nuclear power plants, a defense contractor, and a chain of auto body shops. Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 The former auto body shop still has the garage doors, plus picnic tables under cover and ample bar seating. Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2025 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 17 Jun. 2025.

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