Woodsheds

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A covered or enclosed structure used for storing firewood or other materials
2. a simple shed often located near a home for practical utility and organization
3. an outdoor facility for woodworking or crafting, providing shelter and space for projects

Etymology: "Woodsheds" is the plural of "woodshed," a covered outbuilding for storing firewood, so its history is that of the noun itself. The word is a plain compound: "wood," the material, joined to "shed," a simple structure with a roof and open or partly open sides. Put together, the two words describe exactly what the building held. The most notable turn in the word's life is that it became a verb in music slang. To "woodshed" means to practise intensively alone, away from an audience, a sense that draws on the idea of retreating to a shed to work in private. The third-person form "woodsheds" is the verb's present tense, so "he woodsheds every evening" would use it.

Synonyms: sheds