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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Arriving officers found several damaged vehicles in the parking lot of the car wash, police said.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Two of them are of special interest to drivers – a Drive & Shine car wash at 5870 U.S. 6 and a Luke Oil gas station at 6375 Central Ave., where the former Beef Mart building will be razed.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
Following the sound, the officers were directed to a car wash on Van Brunt Boulevard, near I-70.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
Two of them are of special interest to drivers – a Drive & Shine car wash at 5870 U.S. 6 and a Luke Oil gas station at 6375 Central Ave., where the former Beef Mart building will be razed.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Clothier said 20 to 30 judges across the state who heard about the car wash planned to join him and the shoplifters.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
Following the sound, the officers were directed to a car wash on Van Brunt Boulevard, near I-70.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for car wash
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“Car wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20wash. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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