car wash
Americannoun
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car washes
plural
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a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
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the washing of an automobile.
The service station is offering free car washes to draw customers.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of car wash
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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He installed himself courtside, the Windows Clippy among the die-hards, leaping from his seat after dunks and wiggling like one of those inflatable tubes at a car wash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Among the newly released records is the testimony of a Border Patrol agent who described how officers selected the site of a June 18 raid at a Whittier car wash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
One is a wholesale business in Newcastle upon Tyne, the other is a car wash in Cambridgeshire.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
She’s looking for work as a cook after being laid off from a car wash in January.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
McClellan has yet to find work, living off his dwindling savings and investments from his years at Kaiser, though he continues with plans to open his own car wash.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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