car wash

or carwash

noun

1. a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
2. the washing of an automobile:

   The service station is offering free car washes to draw customers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of car wash¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

IBP also runs a recruiting operation in Mexico, buying ads on local radio stations and turning pharmacies, stores and car washes into application centers.

From ProPublica

It launched a recruiting operation in Mexico, running ads on local radio stations and turning pharmacies and car washes into application centers.

From ProPublica

In April of that year, he gave a statement to police after a co-worker had stolen a car from the car wash.

From ProPublica

Christian is the son of Mexican immigrants whose father works at a car wash and mother works at McDonalds.

From The Daily Beast

He grabbed one victim at a car wash and another at a bus stop.

From The Daily Beast

Though Oprah had been on his radar for years, he was mostly too busy teaching and running his car wash business to pay attention.

From The Daily Beast

He had made millions from a car wash, and Jim Cramer had given him a stock-picking column on his website, TheStreet.com.

From The Daily Beast

One of them realizes she is paid less as a part-time employee of PEN than she would be as a burger-flipper or a car-wash girl.

From The Daily Beast

Today the block in Alexandria includes a warehouse, car wash, automobile repair facility and a transformer station.

From Project Gutenberg