station house

noun

: a house at a post or station
especially : police station

Examples of station house in a Sentence

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Busch Gardens’ eleventh coaster will take over the station house of the former Drachen Fire coaster in the Oktoberfest area of the park. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025 Reynolds’ research team investigated the source, looked everywhere, and finally found MRSA in the soft surface of the upholstered couch at the station house. Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025 Searching for answers: The police said that Emil Williams pointed a gun at an officer outside a station house in Bayside, Queens. James Barron, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 Dowling, who was 18 at the time of the killing, sobbed as he was led from a Brooklyn NYPD station house in shackles and handcuffs after his October 2023 arrest. John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for station house

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of station house was in 1805

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“Station house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20house. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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