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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Arriving officers found several damaged vehicles in the parking lot of the car wash, police said. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025 Two of them are of special interest to drivers – a Drive & Shine car wash at 5870 U.S. 6 and a Luke Oil gas station at 6375 Central Ave., where the former Beef Mart building will be razed. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025 Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters. Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025 Following the sound, the officers were directed to a car wash on Van Brunt Boulevard, near I-70. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for car wash

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of car wash was in 1915

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“Car wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20wash. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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