coach station
- noun
- /koʊtʃ ˈsteɪʃən/
- UK
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estación de autobuses
- The coach station was bustling with passengers waiting for their long-distance buses.
Examples
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I arrived at the coach station early to ensure I would catch my bus to London.
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So I know that I need to get a train from the coach station and then onwards to Eiffel Tower.
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Masud, where's the coach station for Muzaffarabad?
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After a long journey, we finally reached the coach station and found our bus waiting.
Synonyms
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2.0
A building with staff and equipment for a public service, like where trains stop or firefighters work
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1.0
A place where buses stop and people wait to get on or off
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1.8
A station where people get on and off buses at the start or end of routes
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Morphology
The meaning 'terminal for long-distance buses' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'coach' (large passenger vehicle) with 'station' (a transport building). This straightforward noun + noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Coach station comes from old travel: a coach was a large, horse-drawn carriage and a station was a place where those vehicles stopped between towns. So a coach station was the place for coaches to stop, and today it means where long-distance buses (often called 'coaches') pick up and drop off passengers.