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tool shed

British  

noun

  1. a small shed in the garden or yard of a house used for storing tools, esp those for gardening

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the foreground is the inviting backyard of a middle-class home: sunlit green grass, a tool shed, a picnic table, but no people.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

"As soon as you go out there, there are bees," she said, and added that she had been left exhausted after working in her tool shed and then not being able to sit outside afterwards.

From BBC May 20, 2025

He invited us to stay for breakfast and visit the rubblework monastery behind his house, which for many years he has used as a tool shed.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2022

Is a tiny house really a glorified tool shed?

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2021

Right after supper, while Papa was putting some coal oil in the lantern, I went to the tool shed and got a pick and shovel.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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