washshed

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noun

A shed used for washing.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounwashshed (plural washsheds)

plural washsheds

  1. A shed used for washing.

    They put the clothes and household linens into heavy iron pots over fires, either outdoors or in washsheds. After soaking the wash in boiling water with soap they had made, the women scrubbed the clothing or laid it out on a board […]

    2003, Rose M. Nolen, Hoecakes, Hambone, and All That Jazz, page 14

Origin

From wash + shed.

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APA

washshed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/washshed

MLA

“washshed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/washshed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “washshed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/washshed.

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