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

According to David Brynan’s exhaustive research, McQueen went to pick up the car with his good friend and owner of a body shop, Lee Brown. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026

The structures involved were a performing arts theater, a restaurant called Newhall Refinery and a body shop, all located in a historic structure more than 100 years old in Old Town Newhall, according to the LAFD and reports from the scene. — City News Service, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

In the end, a woman who was friends with the home’s occupants shot and killed a man known to frequent the auto body shop, according to witness testimony. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Nearly two months after the fire was first ignited in the roof of the Lineage cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights, Ramirez said his business, a car repair and body shop, is still struggling. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 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