gas station

noun

: a retail station for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil

called also service station

Examples of gas station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Preliminary plans call for a gas station with an AM-PM mini-mart building, restrooms and storage areas. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

On May 16, more than a year after Hernandez applied her father for the Military Parole in Place program, ICE officers detained Hernandez-Reyna at a gas station just outside of Phoenix in front of Hernandez's two younger brothers. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Earlier Sunday, Russia struck a gas station in the border town, briefly shutting the crossing. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Anyone might have thought to make a fortune from quiche, or hot dogs, or human-resource management, or office supplies, or convenience stores, or gas stations. — John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gas station

• ablation
• aeration
• bination
• carnation
• cassation
• castration
• causation
• centration
• cessation
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• chelation
• citation

Kids Definition

gas station

noun

: a place for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil