woodshed
Noun
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Noun
woodshed (plural woodsheds)
- An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.
- (informal) A place where punishments or reprimands are administered.
- 1907, “Latin President’s Plot May Disarrange the Central American Peace Plans,” New York Times, 11 Nov.,
- The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents.
- 1907, “Latin President’s Plot May Disarrange the Central American Peace Plans,” New York Times, 11 Nov.,
- Italian: legnaia
- Spanish: leñera
woodshed (woodsheds, present participle woodshedding; past and past participle woodshedded)
- (slang, music) To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument.
- 2007, “A Free Life,” Publishers Weekly, 23 Jul.,
- His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.
- 2007, “A Free Life,” Publishers Weekly, 23 Jul.,
- woodshedding
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