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Place to store cords
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woodshed
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Word definitions for woodshed in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"shed for keeping wood as fuel," 1799, from wood (n.) + shed (n.). Sometimes a euphemism for "outhouse." Figuratively, as the place for private punishment, by 1907, American English colloquial.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had to go and sit in the woodshed and smoke it. ▪ Originally a woodshed , the previous owners had converted it into a thatched extension that is now lined with books.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. 2 (context informal English) A place where punishments or reprimands are administered. vb. (context slang music English) To practice or rehearse using a musical ...
Usage examples of woodshed.
CHAPTER ONE BIG JOE, the tiger cat, poised for another playful spring at the tangle of cod line Asey Mayo was patiently unwinding in the woodshed of his Cape Cod home, abruptly changed his mind in mid - air.
This sounds very much like the Parent pronouncement which came ex cathedra from the woodshed: This hurts me more than it hurts you.
With a toss of his head he laughed aloud, jigging a few steps of a dance right there near the woodshed.
The burnable wood had been stacked in the woodshed and the small, brushy debris had been carried around back to be burned.
She could identify three of the buildings, the cabin, the woodshed, the biffy, but there was a fourth square, much smaller than the cabin but larger than the others, drawn into an empty corner of the lot.
He stopped at the outer woodshed for a chainsaw, a long-handled ax, and a sled.
The decree against parasitism was originally formulated for Gypsies, then broad-mindedly expanded to include dissidents and all sorts of profiteers, and the sentence was nothing less than banishment to a woodshed rather closer to Mongolia than Moscow.
The decree against parasitism was originally formulated for Gypsies, then broad-mindedly expanded to include dissidents and all sorts of profiteers, and the sentence was nothing less than banishment to a woodshed rather closer to Mongolia than Moscow.
He didn't want to get a switch in his Christmas stocking, but he would far rather find a switch there than have Father take him to the woodshed.