tool sheds

Backyard equipment houses

Tool sheds are small outbuildings used for storing garden equipment, hand tools, and outdoor supplies.

They sit in backyards or on the edges of properties, keeping lawnmowers, rakes, and potting soil out of the garage or house: He found the pruning shears in the tool shed.

The singular is tool shed.

Related

shears · locks · maintenance · spring cleaning · barn · organization · workshops · spades · lean-tos · garage · greenhouses · back garden · storeroom · outbuildings · structure · rakes · lawn mower · hinges

Categories
Opposites
building function/purpose

tool shedsmain house

Estate's principal residence

living quarters · residence · dwelling · bedroom · living room

structure formality/permanence

tool shedsmansion

Large, stately home

manor house · palace · estate house · cathedral · monument

building purpose/function

tool shedsliving rooms

Primary domestic gathering spaces

main house · dwelling · residence · parlor · sitting room

Family

toolshed

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G