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Definition of gas station

: 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 When customers went without electricity for as long as a year after that storm, people died of heart attacks in line at gas stations. — New York Times, "With Earthquakes and Storms, Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Can’t Catch a Break," 10 Jan. 2020 Vehicles formed long lines at gas stations and supermarkets, and traffic was gridlocked as highways reopened. — Author: Tristan Lavalette, Anchorage Daily News, "Some flee, others restock before Australia’s wildfires grow," 2 Jan. 2020 Additional charges are expected to be filed for the gas station robbery. — Fox News, "New Mexico Pizza Hut robbery suspect caught thanks to DNA from face-plant, cops say," 21 Dec. 2019 Dozens of investigators pursued things such as overheard conversations in bars, interviews with family members and co-workers, and an exhaustive effort to find surveillance footage at gas stations from Janesville to Superior. — Bill Glauber, USA TODAY, "Jayme Closs investigation: Records detail close calls, bum leads and an astrologer," 21 Dec. 2019 State police are investigating after a Bentonville police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old suspect in a Bentonville gas station robbery late Friday, authorities said. — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, "Police: Officer shoots, kills teen suspect in Northwest Arkansas robbery," 7 Dec. 2019 At gas stations that still had power, tanks went dry. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Area’s wild week: What we learned from fires, outages and evacuations," 3 Nov. 2019 In Butte County, where Paradise is located, people lined up at gas stations Tuesday morning to fill up their cars and portable containers with fuel for generators. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "California faces historic power outage due to fire danger," 8 Oct. 2019 Others, including ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil and Hess Corp., market their fuels at gas stations around the city and state. — Kevin Rector, baltimoresun.com, "Fight over which court will hear Baltimore’s global warming lawsuit against oil and gas companies reaches Supreme Court," 2 Oct. 2019

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First Known Use of gas station

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas station was in 1925

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16 Jan 2020

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“Gas station.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20station. Accessed 21 January 2020.

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gas station

noun

English Language Learners Definition of gas station

US : a place where gasoline for vehicles is sold

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gas station

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Kids Definition of gas station

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

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