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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To lose as little production as possible of its Ford Explorer SUV in 2019, Ford spent $1 billion to completely retool its body shop and make other improvements to the sole Illinois facility that produces the vehicle. Michael Wayland, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025 Originally, the Plant Chica store, which opened on Jefferson Boulevard in West Adams in 2021, had been an old auto body shop that was retrofitted to be a greenhouse. Karla Marie Sanford, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025 Authorities found suspect vehicle at auto body shop According to court documents, the vehicle’s license plate was captured on camera as well. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024 His family ran a body shop, and his dad was an amateur boxer who taught his sons the sweet science. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 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 2 May. 2025.

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