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reception shed

reception shed noun: a shed where goods are received.

Noun

reception shed (plural reception sheds)

  1. A shed where goods are received.
    • The courtyard and the great open reception-shed were full of natives coming and going and making preparations for a feast which was to take place at midnight, to which I was invited, but preferred going to bed.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 161

Forms of reception shed

pluralreception sheds

Questions about reception shed

What does reception shed mean?
Reception shed means a shed where goods are received.
What part of speech is reception shed?
Reception shed is a noun.
What is the plural of reception shed?
The plural of reception shed is reception sheds.

Words near reception shed in the dictionary

  1. reception chairs
  2. reception desk
  3. reception desks
  4. reception room
  5. reception rooms
  6. reception shed
  7. reception sheds
  8. reception wiki
  9. reception wikis
  10. receptional
  11. receptionism

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