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toolshed

toolshed

1 1.3
A small building in a garden where you keep tools
  • noun
  • /ˈtuːlʃɛd/
translation icon : cobertizo de herramientas
  • go to the toolshed
  • kept in the toolshed

Examples

  • We were in the toolshed Johnny had built for Daddy.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Or he went inside his toolshed.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • He went to the toolshed and found his ax.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • It's in the toolshed!

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

  • I ran into the kitchen and out the back door into the yard, past the spreading oak and over to the toolshed, which was made of metal and kind of leaned to one side, like it was tired.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The gardener organized his equipment neatly in the toolshed.

  • She found her missing shovel in the toolshed behind the lawnmower.

  • After finishing his work, he stored the tools safely in the toolshed.

Synonyms

woodshed
vstoolshed
11 3.6

A small shed near a house for storing firewood or tools

is mainly for keeping tools rather than storing firewood
toolhouse
vstoolshed
4.8

A small building where you keep tools

notes it is often located in a garden or backyard

How Big

warehouse
332 1.4
barn
363 1.0
garage
614 1.0
workshop
61 2.3
toolshed
1 1.3
shed
159 1.0
tool cabinet
1 2.3

Surface Forms

toolshed singular
toolsheds plural

Morphology

toolshed = tool + shed (transparent) = tool + shed

A direct compound of 'tool' + 'shed' whose meaning ('a shed for storing tools') follows clearly from its components.

Etymology

Toolshed is a simple compound of tool and shed, where tool means 'a piece of equipment' and shed means 'a small building'. So, a toolshed is literally a 'small building for tools', which is why you keep garden and workshop equipment there.