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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 built rows of shaded trellises, a chicken coop, a tool shed and a large greenhouse that his friends jokingly referred to as his “shop of horrors.”

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2022

Everything in the 465-square-foot space has been designed to maximize the small floor plan: There is storage on both sides of the house, including a tool shed.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2021

We walked across the expanse of what we considered our yard, then through a thin collection of birch to the tool shed.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

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