charging station

[ chahr-jing stey-shuhn ]

/ ˈtʃɑr dʒɪŋ ˌsteɪ ʃən /

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noun

an apparatus or facility with one or more electrical outlets for recharging the batteries of electric vehicles: The extra cost resulted from his decision to install a 240-volt charging station in his garage.

an apparatus for recharging the batteries of mobile devices: Avoid connecting your cellphone to any charging station that you do not control, such as one at an airport terminal.

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Origin of charging station

First recorded in 1900–05; 2010–15 for current senses

Words nearby charging station

charge plate, charger, charge sheet, charge up, charge with, charging station, chargrill, char-grilled, Chari, charidee, Chārikār

How to use charging station in a sentence

Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We met the smuggler in the train station; he came to speak with us about the services he provided,” Yazbek says.
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McCauley may have married beneath her station, but Gordon-Levitt has obsessive fans.
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Speaking to a local radio station today Antonella Ramelli said the video gives her hope.
Jihadis Release New Year’s Eve Video of Italian Female Hostages|Jamie Dettmer, Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The General in command of the station was a feeble old man, suffering from senile decay.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
On his arrival at the local railway station he was met by his lordship in person.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills