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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

The fuel leak is from a petrol filling station owned by Asda, which said it inherited the problem when it bought the site.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2024

The filling station stands at the treeless, windswept intersection of Highways 46 and 33, on the well-trodden path between the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 2, 2024

When the signs on the turnpike started telling us we were coming to Charleston, Cletus became so fidgety that at first I thought we’d better find a filling station, and fast.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

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