gar·age·op·o·lis

noun \ gə-ˌräzh-ˈä-pə-ləs \

plural garageopolises; also garageopoles

Origin garage (French garer, to shelter) + -opolis (Greek pólis, city). First known use: 2026, Bath, Ohio.

  1. 1a city founded for machines; a settlement of motorcycles and cars with a permanent population of two bedrooms, so its founder never has to leave
  2. 2a brutalist structure of poured concrete, black steel, and glass, set into a wooded hillside, in which a collection is kept on display rather than in storage
  3. 3the only known cure for a garage that is too small

Synonyms garagedominium (archaic). Antonyms the shed. Not to be confused with a mechanic's shop.

Note The bedrooms are for guests. The vehicles live there.

Word history The word arrived before the building. The land arrived before the word. The motorcycles arrived before all of it.

In a sentence
  • “Don't have the garageopolis yet.”
  • “Need more money to build my garageopolis.”
  • “Sleeps two. Parks fifty-seven.”
Renders below

Breaking Ground 2027

Current pop. 16 motorcycles, 2 cars, 1 human.

01 The office and the bedroom over the bays
02 The twilight approach
03 Set back on the site, by day and at dusk
04 Blue hour, bikes under the bay
05 The suite over the workshop
06 The original concept, day and night