"woodshed" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-woodshed.ogg [Australia] Forms: woodsheds [plural]
Etymology: wood + shed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wood|shed}} wood + shed Head templates: {{en-noun}} woodshed (plural woodsheds)
  1. An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood. Translations (enclosed structure for storing firewood): ցախատուն (cʿaxatun) (Armenian), ցախանոց (cʿaxanocʿ) (Armenian), փայտանոց (pʿaytanocʿ) (Armenian), барака за дърва (baraka za dǎrva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cambreta [feminine] (Catalan), llenyer [masculine] (Catalan), puukuur (Estonian), puuvaja (Finnish), liiteri (Finnish), bûcher [masculine] (French), alboio [masculine] (Galician), combarro [masculine] (Galician), Holzschuppen [masculine] (German), legnaia [feminine] (Italian), др́варник (dŕvarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), vedskjul [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), Holtschenn [feminine] (Plautdietsch), drewutnia [feminine] (Polish), drwalnia [feminine] (Polish), drwalka [feminine] (Polish), depósito de madeira [masculine] (Portuguese), лесополоса (lesopolosa) [masculine] (Russian), leñera [feminine] (Spanish), vedbod [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-woodshed-en-noun-NKSC2y8S Disambiguation of 'enclosed structure for storing firewood': 94 6
  2. (informal) A place where punishments or reprimands are administered. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-woodshed-en-noun-~HtedzRC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: something nasty in the woodshed, trip to the woodshed

Verb

Audio: En-au-woodshed.ogg [Australia] Forms: woodsheds [present, singular, third-person], woodshedding [participle, present], woodshedded [participle, past], woodshedded [past]
Etymology: wood + shed Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wood|shed}} wood + shed Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} woodshed (third-person singular simple present woodsheds, present participle woodshedding, simple past and past participle woodshedded)
  1. (slang, music) To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Music Related terms: woodshedding
    Sense id: en-woodshed-en-verb-3PmczHoe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 19 61 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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      "form": "woodshedding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woodshedded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woodshedded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "woodshed (third-person singular simple present woodsheds, present participle woodshedding, simple past and past participle woodshedded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "woodshedding"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 July 23, “A Free Life”, in Publishers Weekly",
          "text": "His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "practice",
          "practice"
        ],
        [
          "rehearse",
          "rehearse"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, music) To practice or rehearse using a musical instrument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-woodshed.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/En-au-woodshed.ogg/En-au-woodshed.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/En-au-woodshed.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "woodshed"
  ],
  "word": "woodshed"
}

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