service station
Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
a place that provides some service, as the repair of equipment, or where parts and supplies are sold, provided, dispensed, etc.
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How to use service station in a sentence
Its founder, Dhirubhai Ambani, worked in a service station in Yemen in his teens, using his savings to start Reliance in Mumbai in the 1960s.
If Reliance is serious about renewables, the era of oil is truly ending | Samanth Subramanian | June 24, 2021 | QuartzWorried that new customers would have reservations about eating food from a service station, the family purposely built an open kitchen so that they could show, with full confidence, that their food was fresh and high quality.
While Colonial has resumed pipeline operations, service stations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States were still reporting short supplies of gasoline on Friday.
DarkSide group that attacked Colonial Pipeline drops from sight online | Rachel Lerman, Ellen Nakashima | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostOf the 15 states, plus the District, affected by the outage, more than 50 percent of service stations in five of them — the District, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia — lacked fuel.
Gas shortages persist as operations resume at downed pipeline | Jacob Bogage | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostSeveral states still face fuel shortages, with long lines for gas and some service stations completely empty.
How the Colonial Pipeline hack is affecting gas prices and supply | Marisa Iati | May 14, 2021 | Washington Post
The metal grating of the Showa Shell service station was only half-raised.
Ten minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
His eyes turned toward the door leading into the service station office.
I tell them to get out of my sight and go over to the service station and get themselves greased up.
The Brain | Alexander BladeGo to the service station handling the make of car you drive and have it done there.
If You're Going to Live in the Country | Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond HuntleyWent to work with—a friend wanted me to go to work with him in a service station, Conoco service station.
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British Dictionary definitions for service station
a place that supplies fuel, oil, etc, for motor vehicles and often carries out repairs, servicing, etc
a place that repairs and sometimes supplies mechanical or electrical equipment
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