car washnoun [ C ]
also carwash uk/ˈkɑː ˌwɒʃ/us/ˈkɑːr ˌwɑːʃ/a business where you pay to have someone wash your car or to use car washing equipment
a machine that you can drive through to have your car cleaned automatically
US an event held to collect money for a particular purpose, at which your car is washed in exchange for a donation (= gift of money)
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On the road: petrol stations, garages & repair shops
- body shop
- bowser
- breaker's yard
- bunk
- filling station
- garage
- gas
- gas (sth) up
- gas station
- lube job
- MOT
- petrol bunk
- petrol station
- service
- service station
- truck stop