car wash

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noun

a place or structure having special equipment for washing automobiles.
the washing of an automobile:
The service station is offering free car washes to draw customers.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of car wash¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

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The allegations center around a mercury exposure incident that occurred at a car wash Kulikoff owned.

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After the spill, the indictment says, the SUV driver tried to use a vacuum cleaner at Kulikoff’s car wash to clean the spill.

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They put yellow caution tape around the vehicle and shut down the car wash business because of the contaminated vacuum cleaner.

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In places deep in the tunnel, water shoots so forcefully from the floor or the wall that workers have affectionately named these soaking obstacles “the fire hose” and “the car wash.”

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The reels, which are edited and produced by Swagrman and his team, show the two riding around various places — busy roads, parking lots, fast food drive-throughs, a car wash, etc.

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