car wash
noun
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
Examples of car wash in a Sentence
Our church is having a car wash tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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There’s a car wash at the San Juan Capistrano location – 9 miles down the freeway from the planned gas-only location – one of only 15 nationwide offering that service.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
Report: Four car wash workers in Southington allegedly taken into custody by ICE agents
Report: Four car wash workers in Southington allegedly taken into custody by ICE agents
CT high school’s joy in graduation dimmed by classmate taken by ICE.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
At a press conference that night, Mayor Bass said that the ICE raids had set off a city that on Thursday, before federal agents began raiding car washes and Home Depots, had been peaceful.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
Surveillance video from a nearby car wash showed the Impala stopped in its parking lot before pulling out and turning left, colliding with the SUV, the affidavit states.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
Report: Four car wash workers in Southington allegedly taken into custody by ICE agents
Report: Four car wash workers in Southington allegedly taken into custody by ICE agents
CT high school’s joy in graduation dimmed by classmate taken by ICE.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2025
At a press conference that night, Mayor Bass said that the ICE raids had set off a city that on Thursday, before federal agents began raiding car washes and Home Depots, had been peaceful.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
Surveillance video from a nearby car wash showed the Impala stopped in its parking lot before pulling out and turning left, colliding with the SUV, the affidavit states.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025
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“Car wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20wash. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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