Definition of woolshed - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

sheep shearing

shed where sheep are shorn

The farmers gathered in the woolshed for the annual shearing.

shearing shed

storage

place where wool is stored

The woolshed was filled with bales of freshly shorn wool.

wool store

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shed where sheep are shorn
place where wool is stored

Origin of woolshed

English, wool (wool) + shed (building)

Examples of woolshed in a sentence

Tours of the historic woolshed are available on weekends.
The woolshed smelled of lanolin and fresh hay.
They built a new woolshed near the farm.

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French:abri à moutons, dépôt de laine, ...
German:Schafschuppen, Wollager, ...
Italian:capannone per la tosatura, capannone della lana, ...
Spanish:esquiladero, galpón de lana, ...
Portuguese:galpão de tosquia, armazém de lã, ...
Chinese:剪毛棚, 羊毛仓库, ...
Japanese:ウールシェッド, 羊毛倉庫, ...
Arabic:حَظِيرَة جَزّ الصُوف, مَخزَن الصوف, ...
Hebrew:אָסָם גְּזִיזָה, צֶרִיף צֶמֶר, ...
Russian:овчарня, склад шерсти, ...
Ukrainian:сарай для стрижки овець, склад вовни, ...
Hindi:ऊनशाला, ऊन भंडारण शेड, ...
Bengali:উলশেড, উল সংরক্ষণের ঘর, ...
Catalan:cobert de llana, magatzem de llana, ...
Czech:střižna, sklad vlny, ...
Danish:fårelade, uldelager, ...
Dutch:scheerschuur, wolopslag, ...
Greek:αποθήκη κουρέματος, αποθήκη μαλλιού, ...
Hungarian:nyíróhodály, gyapjúraktár, ...
Khmer:រោងកាត់រោមចៀម, ឃ្លាំងស្តុករោមចៀម, ...
Korean:양털 깎는 헛간, 양털 저장고, ...
Persian:انبار پشم, محل ذخیره پشم, ...
Polish:szopa do strzyżenia, magazyn wełny, ...
Portuguese (BR):galpão de tosquia, armazém de lã, ...
Romanian:șopron de tuns, depozit de lână, ...
Swedish:fårklippsskjul, ullförråd, ...
Thai:โรงเรือนตัดขนแกะ, โรงเก็บขนแกะ, ...
Turkish:kırkım barakası, yün deposu, ...
Vietnamese:nhà xén lông cừu, kho chứa lông cừu, ...

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