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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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Motorcycle taxi operator Steven Mbeta said riders could spend days and nights queueing, while WhatsApp groups helped to track deliveries from one filling station to the next.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The oil from Rosebank would be loaded onto tankers via a gigantic hose and nozzle, which looks like the super-sized pump of an enormous floating filling station.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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

He has kept the Model A parked inside the filling station for about 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Drove the main highway in, stopped at a filling station and checked a phone book, and by 10:00 a.m. we were on the Reverend Young’s front porch.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

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