toolhouse

American  

[tool-haus] / ˈtulˌhaʊs /

noun

• toolhouses
  plural

1. toolshed.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• toolhouses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of toolhouse

First recorded in 1810–20; tool + house

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Example Sentences

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toolhouse toolhouses

Cleggett directed it toward the door of an unpainted toolhouse, a temporary structure near one of the immense stone pillars from which the bridge is swung.

From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis

"What did you leave the toolhouse fer, when I told ye to stay?"

From From the Valley of the Missing by Grace Miller White

In the morning she watched her chance to speak to Bob alone, and when she heard him grinding a sickle in the toolhouse ran out to tell him something.

From Betty Gordon in Washington by Alice B. Emerson

"I gave orders up at the toolhouse that you were to have whatever boards, nails, and tools you wanted, so don't hesitate to sail in and hunt up anything you need."

From Ted and the Telephone by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher

Something was said about a lion and a chimpanzee and a toolhouse, but the boys could not imagine what the circus men had in mind to do.

From Out with Gun and Camera by Ralph Bonehill

Weather boards.—For outdoor buildings, such as garages, garden sheds, toolhouses, etc., "weatherboarding" is often preferred to ordinary matchboarding, chiefly because of the facility with which it throws off the rain.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by William Fairham

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