tin shed

collocation in English

meaningsoftinandshed

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tin
noun
uk
/tɪn/us
/tɪn/
a chemical element that is a silver-coloured metal, often combined with other metals or used to cover and protect ...
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shed
noun[C]
uk
/ʃed/us
/ʃed/
a small building, usually made of wood, used for ...
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(Definition oftinandshedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftin shed

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Seeds were covered with a fine layer of sand, watered and placed in atinshed.
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He puts up a littletinshedin a corner and hires the cheapest typist he can.
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Initially it was little more than atinshedstaffed by half-a-dozen workers.
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It has a two storied building and atinshedcomplex.
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The oval started off as little more than a rough paddock and the clubrooms consisted of a simpletinshed.
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There were about 20tinshedbarracks where the medical students resided.
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Up until then, there were three of us - all the books were stored in this littletinshedout the back and under the beds and everywhere else.
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It was also caused by the relative decline in the prices of jute and disposable assets of the poorer section of the rural people-lands, implements, tin sheds, utensils, plough cattle.
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A number of tin sheds have been erected, and from an aesthetic point of view the amenities of the place are very much destroyed.
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I would not be against temporary buildings, if they are not eyesores; it does not necessarily mean that they should be ramshackle tin sheds.
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In hot weather in the summer these tin sheds can be unpleasant enough.
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I do not regard tin sheds, slurry sheds, barns, and so on as short-life assets.
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It means that they need not provide anything, but can leave it to somebody else to do so, if they put up a few tin sheds.
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