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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There will be games, horseback rides, jumpers and food sold along with a car wash.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 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, 26 Sep. 2025
Surveillance footage from inside the car wash, reviewed by McClatchy News, shows a masked agent wearing a helmet racing down a hallway as Shouhed approaches him.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Carmen Miranda, 37, who was abducted from a car wash at 29th Street and Thomas Road, just blocks from where Goudeau lived, and shot to death in her car on June 29, 2006.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 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, 26 Sep. 2025
Surveillance footage from inside the car wash, reviewed by McClatchy News, shows a masked agent wearing a helmet racing down a hallway as Shouhed approaches him.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Carmen Miranda, 37, who was abducted from a car wash at 29th Street and Thomas Road, just blocks from where Goudeau lived, and shot to death in her car on June 29, 2006.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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