service station

noun

1
2
: a place at which some service is offered

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Originally built as a service station for Los Angeles’s one-time Yellow trolley cars up until the 1960s, Huron has been more recently used as a wedding and event space. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025 It was listed in the historic Green Book, the guide that was used by African American travelers to find friendly hotels, restaurants and service stations in New England from the 1930s to the 1960s. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025 Looney, who resigned in 2023 amid issues of undisclosed personal relations with employees, would routinely tout that BP service stations sell more than 150 million cups of coffee a year. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 At one point, a service station minimart hold-up goes terribly and almost fatally sideways when an unexpected customer opens fire. Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for service station

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of service station was in 1916

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“Service station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20station. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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