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 Tickets can be purchased in person at gas stations, convenience stores and grocery stores. Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024 Hiring bonuses for dishwashers and gas station attendants? Emily Peck, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024 Both orders were lifted Sunday at 4:40 p.m. Officials pinpointed the source of the leak as the Sinclair gas station at 2121 E. Harbor Blvd. Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024 There were a number of methods for doing this — blatantly filling a commercial truck at a military gas station; filling a military transport, siphoning fuel from its tank to other carriers and then adding fake kilometers to trucks to explain the difference on the accounting end. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gas station 

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Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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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 2 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

gas station

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

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