service station

noun

1
: gas station
2
: a place at which some service is offered

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Conscripts are also provided with free housing and free public transportation via a travel card for travel between home and the service station. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Rural highways are being closed with little warning Terry and Kara Barnes are stuck for now in Harper at Coleman's service station. — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 July 2026 The application says the company operates automotive service stations and convenience stores. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 July 2026 Long time claiming Standard Oil operated a refinery, terminals, packaging plants and more than a hundred service stations throughout Cuba before Castro took power in 1959. — Manuel A. Gómez, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for service station

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of service station was in 1916

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: gas station
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