Phrase Hound found 39 phrases and 149 compound words that contain shed. The most common are listed below. Open shed in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 39
- shed a tearTo have a tear released, to cry (from sadness)
- shed light onTo illuminate; to make clear.
- snow shedA tunnel-like structure that provides roads and railroad tracks with protection from avalanches and heavy snowfalls that cannot be easily removed.
- train shedA building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
- garden shedA toolshed in a garden or allotment, holding gardening equipment.
- goods shedA building in a railway goods yard for the storage of goods before or after transport by train, typically with a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built alongside a …
- running shedA building used for the maintenance and preparation for service of locomotives.
- shed roofA roof having only one sloping plane and no hips, ridges or valleys.
- car shedA large building provided for the housing and maintenance of passenger cars or carriages (or coupled trains thereof).
- sidewalk shedA temporary structure or scaffolding installed over a sidewalk.
- shed light uponIlluminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).
- shed bloodTo kill or wound, or be wounded or killed, in violence.
- bike shedAlternative form of bikeshed: An enclosed structure where bicycles may be stored.
- boat shedSynonym of boathouse: A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
- shed skinTo cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.
- tool shedAlternative form of toolshed: An outdoor shed for storing tools and other equipment.
- water-shedAlternative spelling of watershed: The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- potting shedA shed for gardening work and the storage of garden tools.
- mega-shedAlternative form of megashed: A massive store, warehouse, or distribution center, especially one with a plain or unattractive exterior.
- shearing shedA building in which sheep are sheared.
- drive-shedAlternative form of driveshed: A rural outbuilding for sheltering vehicles, farm machinery, and/or visitors' horses.
- reception shedA shed where goods are received.
- air shedA region's air supply.
- counter-shedAlternative form of countershed: A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.
- mat-shedAlternative spelling of matshed: In late modern China and Hong Kong, a temporary structure made of bamboo poles and palm leaves.
Compound words 149
- watershedThe topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- bloodshedThe shedding or spilling of blood.
- woodshedAn enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.
- cowshedA shed for keeping cows.
- toolshedAn outdoor shed for storing tools and other equipment.
- woolshedA shed where sheep are shorn.
- cattleshedA small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.
- foodshedThe region that produces the food for a particular population.
- megashedA massive store, warehouse, or distribution center, especially one with a plain or unattractive exterior.
- cultureshedA region felt to have close cultural affinities and relations.