body shop

noun

: a shop where automotive bodies are made or repaired

Example Sentences

My car is at the body shop having the dent in the door fixed.
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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 8 Jun. 2023.

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