car wash

noun

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

Examples: car wash in a Sentence

Definition of car wash

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

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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 of car wash from the Web

An attorney representing the car wash developers filed a complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court last month and asked the council to reconsider its decision.

— jerod macdonald-evoy, azcentral, "Tempe won't reconsider its rejection of proposed Quick Quack car wash," 13 Apr. 2018
State police said Smith was the first person to arrive at the scene and parked his pickup truck on the side of the two-bay car wash.

— CBS News, "Pa. car wash shooting suspect was driven by jealousy, relatives say," 29 Jan. 2018
Wednesday’s attack came one day after a suicide bombing in Jalalabad, claimed by the Islamic State, killed 12 people, including several children who were working in a car wash, officials said.

— sayed salahuddin, BostonGlobe.com, "Spate of attacks in eastern Afghanistan marks push by Islamic State militants," 11 July 2018
The business incorporates a gas station, diesel fueling pumps for large trucks, a convenience store with a Dunkin' Donuts and Beggars Pizza, and a car wash on a 4.9-acre site at 19420 S. Harlem Ave. in Frankfort Township.

— mike nolan, Daily Southtown, "Annexation hearing scheduled for gas station that wants 24/7 gambling," 4 July 2018
The Kansas City Star reports that the shooting suspect fled and tried to carjack someone at a car wash.

— NBC News, "Two workers critically wounded in shooting at Kansas school," 3 July 2018
The first carjacking attempt was reported at a car wash at 151st and Metcalf.

— tony rizzo, joe robertson, robert a. cronkleton and max londberg, kansascity, "Victim of Overland Park shooting at school has died; suspect tried to escape custody," 3 July 2018
Stories published June 6 and 8 in the Naperville Sun about high school students from Parkland, Fla., participating in a fundraising car wash on June 16 gave imprecise information about the event location.

— Naperville Sun, "Clarification," 12 June 2018
The 25-year-old car wash employee fled the scene because his license had been suspended in the U.K., and also in his home country of Romania, but he was found nearby and given a breathalyzer test, Gloucester Live reports.

— gary gastelu, Fox News, "Drunk driver wrecked new car on the day he bought it," 26 May 2018

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First Known Use of car wash

1915

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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CAR WASH Defined for English Language Learners

car wash

noun

Definition of car wash for English Language Learners

: an area or building with equipment for washing cars
: an event at which people pay to have their cars washed in order to raise money for some purpose