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

Russian strikes on urban gas stations have intensified in recent months, mostly in regions near the front line in eastern and southern Ukraine. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

Over the last week, crews have hit a restaurant and a gambling cafe in Schaumburg, gas stations in Wheeling and Green Oaks, a bar in New Lenox and a truck stop in Peotone. — Charles Keeshan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Russian drones and missiles are increasingly striking everyday civilian sites — gas stations, shopping malls and apartment blocks — killing and wounding scores and aiming to disrupt life and sap Ukrainians’ morale. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

She was seen July 24 at a Walmart store in Ahoskie, North Carolina, and again July 26 at a Sunoco gas station in Conway, North Carolina. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 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
• cetacean
• chelation
• citation

Kids Definition

gas station

noun

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