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.

Recent Examples on the Web

Indeed, the American economy looks more and more like Big Law, overtorqued toward financial firms that are pushing into our retirement accounts, buying up our ophthalmologists and car washes, and are becoming the largest indirect employers in the country. —Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026

And in July an 18-year old Wilbur Cross High School student in New Haven, Esdrás Zabaleta-Ramirez, was arrested by ICE agents while at work at a car wash in Southington. —Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026

One of his clients was Bayron Rovidio Marin, a car wash worker injured during a raid in August. —Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026

In Anaheim last Sunday, photo and video evidence documented a violent confrontation instigated by ICE during a car wash raid. —Jody Agius Vallejo, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for car wash

• backwash
• downwash
• mouthwash
• outwash
• panache
• whitewash
• bosh
• frosh
• gosh
• josh
• posh
• quash