service station
Americannoun
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Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
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a place that provides some service, as the repair of equipment, or where parts and supplies are sold, provided, dispensed, etc.
noun
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a place that supplies fuel, oil, etc, for motor vehicles and often carries out repairs, servicing, etc
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a place that repairs and sometimes supplies mechanical or electrical equipment
Etymology
Origin of service station
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Buck Atom’s Cosmic Curios occupies a former service station on 11th Street — a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
“People are panicking,” the owner of one service station told the Courant.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
What happened to the four salaried employees manning the Texaco service station and why are his parents’ childhood homes nicer than his own?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
This is 85 acres of green belt on the edge of London between Potters Bar and the South Mimms service station.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
Three times a week from some bar, supermarket, or tire-and-tool-cluttered service station, I put calls through to New York and reestablished my identity in time and space.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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