Definition of "woodshed" []

• A shed in which firewood is stored. (noun)
• Slang To practice on a musical instrument. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Since last year, Tyondai Braxton has been deep in what jazz musicians would call the woodshed."
• "The woodshed is the leadership of both parties bringing members in who either are not following the party line or feel that they won ` t follow the party line, and putting the pressure on them to get them to do something to accomplish a leadership goal."
• "Stormy Day at Sugar Creek_, and behind the woodshed was the great big schoolyard where we played baseball and blindman's buff and other games in the fall and spring, and where we play fox-and-goose in the winter."