toolhouse

[ tool-hous ]

noun,plural tool·hous·es [tool-hou-ziz]. /ˈtulˌhaʊ zɪz/.

Origin of toolhouse

1
First recorded in 1810–20; tool + house

Words Nearby toolhouse

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How to use toolhouse in a sentence

  • It happened that Max and Gwen had disappeared behind a rough shanty that laborers were using for a toolhouse.

  • But the young driver saw an abandoned cottage by the roadside which had formerly been used as a toolhouse.

  • Lately, by some oversight, the toolhouse had been left unlocked one day, and the Prince got the ladder.

    The Pot of Gold | Mary E. Wilkins
  • The boys flew off to the toolhouse, and came back with several rakes, both wood and iron ones.

    Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn Wells
  • And I remember the dog chained up in the yard, and the dead snakes hanging in the toolhouse.

    Night and Day | Virginia Woolf