car wash
noun
1
: an area or structure equipped with facilities for washing automobiles
2
US : an event at which people pay to have their cars washed to raise money for some purpose
Example Sentences
Our church is having a car wash tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Recent Examples on the Web Sanchez worked for a time with his brothers-in-law at a car wash. 
San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022 Video also shows the Cadillac used by the pair, which officials say was purchased in Indiana, at the car wash. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 May 2022 Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said Casey White and Vicky White swapped the pickup truck with a Cadillac at the car wash and took off. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022 Vehicles would enter and leave the car wash from Austin Avenue. Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 Two people in the front seat crawled out of the vehicle and laid down on the concrete, while the man in the backseat left his shotgun in the car and fled into an office at the car wash, Thum said. Fox News, 12 July 2022 Darvas directs the world premiere of this play about how the lives of three Latino men working at a San Diego car wash are disrupted by the arrival of a fiery Latina. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022 The first setup consisted of some of the guys wearing Daisy Dukes at a car wash, then Rachel dressed as a pilot to steer a group of men on a plane and Gabby served as a doctor at a hospital for another batch of her suitors. Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022 Wright was driving to a car wash in April 2021 when he was stopped by two Brooklyn Center police officers, Kimberly Potter and Anthony Luckey, whom Potter was training at the time. Jesus Jiménez, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022 See More
San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022 Video also shows the Cadillac used by the pair, which officials say was purchased in Indiana, at the car wash. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 11 May 2022 Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said Casey White and Vicky White swapped the pickup truck with a Cadillac at the car wash and took off. Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022 Vehicles would enter and leave the car wash from Austin Avenue. Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 Two people in the front seat crawled out of the vehicle and laid down on the concrete, while the man in the backseat left his shotgun in the car and fled into an office at the car wash, Thum said. Fox News, 12 July 2022 Darvas directs the world premiere of this play about how the lives of three Latino men working at a San Diego car wash are disrupted by the arrival of a fiery Latina. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2022 The first setup consisted of some of the guys wearing Daisy Dukes at a car wash, then Rachel dressed as a pilot to steer a group of men on a plane and Gabby served as a doctor at a hospital for another batch of her suitors. Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022 Wright was driving to a car wash in April 2021 when he was stopped by two Brooklyn Center police officers, Kimberly Potter and Anthony Luckey, whom Potter was training at the time. Jesus Jiménez, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1