Entry Word: station

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain <the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching>

Synonyms position, post, quarter

Related Words assignment, detail

2 a regular stopping place <the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North>

Synonyms stop, way station

Related Words depot, terminal; layover, stopover

3 the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement <in colonial America, women occupied the lowest station in society and were not allowed to take part in public life> — see rank 1