"body shop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: body shops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} body shop (plural body shops)
  1. (US) A workshop in which damage to the bodywork of cars is repaired. Tags: US Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: panel beaters Related terms: body shopping Translations (workshop): peltikorjaamo (Finnish), carrosserie [feminine] (French), Karosseriebauer [masculine] (German), αμαξοποιείο (amaxopoieío) [neuter] (Greek), carrozzeria [feminine] (Italian), lanternagem [feminine] (Portuguese), chapista [feminine] (Spanish), latonería [feminine] (Spanish), carrocería [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-body_shop-en-noun-eVbf3ski Disambiguation of Automotive: 60 40 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'workshop': 87 13
  2. A consultancy that recruits workers (generally in information technology) in order to contract out their services on a tactical short- to mid-term basis.
    Sense id: en-body_shop-en-noun-boo2gfEu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 65

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