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Synonyms

filling station

American  
filling station British  

noun

  1. a place where petrol and other supplies for motorists are sold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Outside the gates of one closed filling station, dozens of motorbike riders still queued expectantly.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

Sadly, Sang’s was no more, so I settled for a Subway sandwich from a filling station.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

However, the country manager of Taqa Arabia, an Egyptian company that runs the filling station near the airport, sees the growing demand as a "positive sign that CNG use has started to develop in Tanzania".

From BBC Jan. 4, 2025

The tiny, unincorporated community near the filling station is also named Blackwell’s Corner.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2024

Neither Dad nor Mother thought filling station toilets were sanitary.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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