sheep shed
- noun
- /ʃip ʃɛd/
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- Ariella and Dirk Envers are supposed to be cleaning the sheep shed.
Examples
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After shearing, the wool is stored in the sheep shed until it can be processed.
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They could be used for something else, perhaps to repair the hen house or the sheep shed.
Fiction book (1994) -
Many were razed, their lumber used to build sheep sheds.
Academic text (2008) -
Initially, the group housed the station's jerry-built transmitter in the estate's sheep shed.
Academic text (2007) -
She guides Bonnie to the sheep shed, thrusts her inside, rushes back to capture soaked and shivering Vanilla, who is lying inert on the snow.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer built a new sheep shed to provide better shelter for his flock.
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In the winter, the sheep stay warm inside the sheep shed away from the cold weather.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large farm building for storing hay or keeping animals
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1.0
A small simple building in a garden for storing tools
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6.2
A fenced or walled area for keeping sheep
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9.9
A small shelter or fenced area for keeping sheep
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1.2
A fenced area where a farmer keeps sheep
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derivable from 'sheep' (the animals) + 'shed' (a small building): a shed used for sheep. This noun–noun location/possession pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase sheep shed is a simple, literal name: a shed where sheep are kept, fed and sometimes have their wool cut. That's why it means 'a building on a farm where sheep are kept'.