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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Firefighters battled a large fire at an auto body shop in Stamford on Wednesday that injured one person and destroyed the building. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025 In the plant, Ford builds engines, has a body shop, a paint area and final assembly. Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 12 July 2025 Once the blank matte fiberglass star is decorated by the artist, the village takes the transformed sculpture to an automotive body shop that finishes it with a shiny topcoat to be UV-and-graffiti-resistant. Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025 The threat forced Ford to shut down production at the assembly plant and associated buildings, including the paint and body shops, and evacuate about 2,200 employees for the night as tactical officers responded. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 4 June 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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