British Dictionary definitions for potting shed

potting shed

noun

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

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Historical Examples

The light from the hall shone full into the potting-shed, but there was nobody there.
Miss Mapp
Edward Frederic Benson
A potting-shed, a rag-and-bone shop, a pawn-broker's, or a thieves' kitchen?
The Betrothal
Maurice Maeterlinck
If the weather is wet, he sits in the potting-shed and smokes.
The New Gulliver and Other Stories
Barry Pain
She was only cross with me when I surprised her in the potting-shed wearing an old bonnet out of which hung a faded poppy.
Memoirs of My Dead Life
George Moore
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

potting shed

Examples from the Web for potting shed

Historical Examples

The light from the hall shone full into the potting-shed, but there was nobody there.

A potting-shed, a rag-and-bone shop, a pawn-broker's, or a thieves' kitchen?

If the weather is wet, he sits in the potting-shed and smokes.

She was only cross with me when I surprised her in the potting-shed wearing an old bonnet out of which hung a faded poppy.

There was an old bucket inside the potting-shed upon which Diana had her eye; she had schemes that centred round that bucket.