tool shed

British

noun

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

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"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

A great room had been added onto the back and the laundry area had been moved upstairs to provide space for an office nook/outdoor tool shed combination that popped off the side of the house.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2021

Is a tiny house really a glorified tool shed?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2021

I found the perfect hiding place, a small tool shed behind a clump of sagebrush that no one had hid in before.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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