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car wash






car wash   
noun

Definition of car wash

1 : an area or structure equipped with facilities for washing automobiles
2 US : an event at which people pay to have their cars washed to raise money for some purpose



Recent Examples on the Web


//Investigators are scrutinizing surveillance video footage from the car wash.
Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Body of woman found in suitcase inside trash bin at Pueblo car wash, surveillance video released," 17 Oct. 2019

//Admission is $20, and the car wash is located at 28823 on U.S. Highway 98.
Amber Sutton, al, "‘Haunted car wash’ in Daphne will clean your car and scare you silly," 16 Oct. 2019

//The Lasby family actually went to the car wash, to support the team, not knowing the money was going to them.
Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, "Jim Harbaugh sends heartbreaking gift to funeral of Michigan boy who died on field," 13 Sep. 2019

//The suspected gunman fled from the car wash across South Gessner toward the elementary school, Acevedo said.
Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, "Houston police say officer kills armed man outside elementary school," 16 Sep. 2019

//The dog was found in a travel crate outside a car wash in the White Marsh area, police spokeswoman Natalie Litofsky said.
Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore County Police find dog, shelter names him ‘Whoop’," 15 Aug. 2019

//Their case was bolstered after a shooting at the car wash last month left a woman dead and others wounded.
Sarah Sarder, Dallas News, "Jim's Car Wash must shutter in days after judge upholds Dallas board's deadline," 15 July 2019

//The newspaper had been investigating why a car wash did not receive a five-year exemption from local property taxes that was allegedly promised.
Washington Post, "Sheriff in conservative county defends free press," 21 Aug. 2019

//The car wash has made a local and national name for itself by providing jobs to people with autism.
Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, "Margate police join Autism outreach program," 23 July 2019


First Known Use of car wash

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1



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