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shed

shed

159 1.0
A small simple building in a garden for storing tools
  • noun
  • /ʃɛd/
translation icon : cobertizo
  • The gardener stored his tools in the shed behind the house.
  • storage shed
  • build a shed
  • small shed

It looks like a murder shed with hundreds of wigs.

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Examples

  • My Chevy four-by-four was on blocks in the shed behind the house.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • And he had a studio in his garden shed in Slough.

  • It's just going to be the perfect little shed to have a table.

  • Yes, we finally got a section finished from the shed to the house.

  • Should we go down toward the flower shed, down the lane?

  • So he tend to live in this little tiny shed that was on the farm.

  • All right, I'll just leave yours in the bike shed, yeah?

  • There's an old horse in my shed you can use.

  • There's a shed out back he uses as his man cave.

  • Simion led them back to a small shed behind the stable and hurriedly unbarred the door.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

woodshed
vsshed
11 3.6

A small shed near a house for storing firewood or tools

is used for general storage or shelter rather than only for firewood
outbuilding
vsshed
8 3.9

A small building on the same property as a house used to store tools or to work in

is a specific small garden building mainly for storage or shelter
toolhouse
vsshed
4.8

A small building where you keep tools

is used for general storage or shelter rather than only for equipment
backhouse
vsshed
  • Archaic
7.9

A small building behind a house used as a toilet or for storing tools

is typically in a garden or yard and used mainly for general storage

Idioms

Cry a little, often with one tear

Compounds

A large airport building where planes are kept and fixed

A building on a farm where sheep are kept and have their wool cut

How Big

warehouse
332 1.4
barn
363 1.0
shed
159 1.0
toolhouse
4.8
lean-to
6 6.7

Surface Forms

shed singular
sheds plural

Etymology

Shed for a small building probably comes from old words for a simple shelter, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of shade, which gives a little 'cover' and protection.