car wash

Or carwash

noun

1. a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.

2. the washing of an automobile.

   The service station is offering free car washes to draw customers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of car wash¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

For more than a month, federal immigration officials surveilled Bayron Rovidio Marin in a hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he lay recuperating from serious injuries to his leg after an encounter with agents at a Carson car wash they raided.

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It’s unclear exactly how he was injured, but his lawyers say that Rovidio Marin had been at the car wash on Aug. 27, when immigration agents doing a “roving patrol” stormed in and raided it.

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Actor and former “Breaking Bad” antagonist Raymond Cruz will not be charged after his car wash confrontation, authorities say.

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Car wash owner Jalal was identified as a suspect, arrested and bailed pending trial.

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The spokesperson said the owner of the car wash “impeded the operation and was arrested for assaulting and impeding a federal officer.”

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