toolshed

[ tool-shed ]

noun
  1. a small building where tools are stored, often in the backyard of a house.

Origin of toolshed

1
First recorded in 1830–40; tool + shed1

Words Nearby toolshed

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How to use toolshed in a sentence

  • Our visitor is to sleep in the toolshed, and to wash in the duckpond.

    Heartbreak House | George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for tool shed

tool shed

noun
  1. a small shed in the garden or yard of a house used for storing tools, esp those for gardening

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