toolshed

US/ˈtulˌʃɛd/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

A toolshed is the little garden hut where spades and hammers live. Cobwebs, a smell of creosote, and a wasps' nest every third summer.

It differs from an ordinary shed only in what is kept there, and most sheds become toolsheds eventually. The word is written as one word or two. Britain has a whole culture around the shed as a retreat, and Shed of the Year is a genuine competition. What is actually in one is usually half tools and half things nobody could throw away.

Definitions of toolshed

1nountoolshedA small outbuilding for storing tools.C1
“The shears are in the toolshed behind the greenhouse.”

Also accepted in games: shed

Where it comes from

From tool + shed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 6 of A Man Called Ove.

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toolshed in the wild

Outbuildings dating to the 19th century include a barn with attached privy, a toolshed, and a henhouse.
Joseph Pierce Farm
The farm complex includes a c. 1840 house, an older 18th century house that is used as a toolshed, two barns, and several other small outbuildings.
Jenkins–Whelden Farmstead
The toolshed is believed to have been built by Thomas Jenkins, and was part of a larger house which was originally located on Church Street.
Jenkins–Whelden Farmstead
Also on the property are a hay barn, blacksmith's shop, toolshed, pig barn, milk and ice house, hay and heifer barn, and horse barn.
A. Newton Farm
Also on the property are a contributing picnic pavilion and playhouse /toolshed.
Chestnut Hill (Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania)

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