charging station

noun

plural charging stations

1

: a public or private station equipped with multiple ports and/or inductive pads for charging personal electronics (such as mobile phones, laptops, or earbuds)

When traveling, you'll eventually have to charge your devices in a public space, like a charging station at your airport gate.

—Kathleen Wong

You might already be enforcing this rule on your children, but set a good example by keeping phones, tablets and laptops away from your bedroom too. Store them in a family charging station in a communal area like the kitchen or living room …

—Andee Tagle

2

: a station or facility that is designated for charging an electric vehicle

… residents said they received no warning that two charging stations would be operating in their neighborhoods …

—Salvador Hernandez

Tandem solar panels could provide emergency reserve capacity if a driver runs short of power en route to a charging station, says [Scott] Graybeal …

—Catherine Early

Examples of charging station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The resulting revenue would have been used to fund programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including investment in electric vehicles, charging stations, and firefighter training/recruitment. — Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Now the researchers, from a laboratory at North Carolina State University, were pushing electricity from a working power line through an electric-vehicle charging station and into a car. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

No stopping, no struggling to find a charging station, no waiting. — New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026

This Energizer charging station is perfect for people already inside the Apple ecosystem. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for charging station

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation