potting shed

/ (ˈpɒtɪŋ) /

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noun

a building in which plants are set in flowerpots and in which empty pots, potting compost, etc, are stored

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Words nearby potting shed

potter's syndrome, potter's wheel, potteresque, potteries, pottery, potting shed, potting soil, pottle, potto, potts' operation, pottstown

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Example sentences from the Web for potting shed

Kenyon had not picked up all his pretty expressions in the potting-shed; he was intimate with a boy who went to a public school.
Some Persons Unknown|E. W. Hornung
I watched him cross the lawn and presently bring back a ladder from the potting-shed.
The Gay Adventure|Richard Bird
He left the hot, sweet air of the big hothouse and threaded his way among the glittering glasshouses to the potting-shed.
The Literary Sense|E. Nesbit
A potting-shed, a rag-and-bone shop, a pawn-broker's, or a thieves' kitchen?
The Betrothal|Maurice Maeterlinck

There was an old bucket inside the potting-shed upon which Diana had her eye; she had schemes that centred round that bucket.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl|Angela Brazil