car wash

noun

1
: an area or structure equipped with facilities for washing automobiles
2
US : an event at which people pay to have their cars washed to raise money for some purpose

Examples of car wash in a Sentence

Our church is having a car wash tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Andujar, however, allegedly pulled over in a nearby car wash parking lot and, the feds say, Guerrero Soto drove up in his scooter and picked up the drugs. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025 Driving the news: Royal Oak's planning commission on Tuesday approved a Sheetz gas station and car wash development at West 14 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway. Joe Guillen, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025 Clean Slate follows Harry Slate (George Wallace), an old-school and outspoken Alabama car wash owner, and his estranged child, who returns home as a proud, trans woman named Desiree (Cox). Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 Topless doughnut shops and a car wash set up shop for a few years in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for car wash 

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of car wash was in 1915

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“Car wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20wash. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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