gas station

noun

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

called also service station

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Police said the fatal confrontation happened next to a weed truck parked across from a gas station. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026 The giant numbers on gas station signs become daily reminders of economic pressure, creating feelings of helplessness and financial insecurity, even among middle-income workers. Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 Bisat said his ministry has conducted over 4,000 inspections of private generators, gas stations and shops across the country since the start of the war in March and lodged dozens of complaints to the courts. Malak Harb, Fortune, 15 May 2026 When Beulah’s ne’er-do-well son Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) drunkenly lobs slurs at Azul in a gas station parking lot, Azul reminds him his family’s been in Texas longer than the Jacksons — right before Rip punches Rob-Will out, of course. Alison Herman, Variety, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gas station

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gas station was in 1925

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“Gas station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20station. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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gas station

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

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