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bike shed

bike shed is the alternative form of bikeshed.

Meaning of bikeshed

Noun (1)

bikeshed (plural bikesheds)

  1. (literally) An enclosed structure where bicycles may be stored.
  2. (figuratively) A topic that is attracting debate out of proportion to its actual importance.

Noun (2)

bikeshed (plural bikesheds)

  1. (transportation planning, urban studies) The land area within a defined biking range of a specified location.
    • Utilizing the bikeshed values for each surrounding link, the bikeshed service area is visualized around these bike shops (the origins) to see the distance to which cyclists can travel away from the bike shop comfortably, in reality. The bikeshed service area depicts the true network of all...2013, Mallory Suzanne Necessary, Developing an Infrastructure Informed Walkshed and Bikeshed, University of Texas at Austin, page 38

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Forms of bike shed

pluralbike sheds

Questions about bike shed

What is bike shed the alternative form of?
Bike shed is the alternative form of bikeshed.

Words near bike shed in the dictionary

  1. bike pumps
  2. bike rack
  3. bike racks
  4. bike ride
  5. bike rides
  6. bike shed
  7. bike sheds
  8. bike stand
  9. bike stands
  10. bike staple
  11. bike staples

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bike shed (page history and authors); bikeshed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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