gas station
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1.0
- noun
- /ɡæs ˈsteɪʃən/
- US
:
gasolinera
- The city has several gas stations, making it easy for drivers to find fuel.
- convenience stores and gas stations
- a gas station attendant
- stores and gas stations
And then right down from it, there was the Kickapoo gas station and county store.
- And then right down from it, there was the Kickapoo gas station and county store.
- Today we bought food at the gas station, like some energy drinks, energy bars.
- Like this gas station had the Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
- Use coupon code CORNFELD at the Shell gas station.
- drawn through windows, raiding gas stations, you know, all in the name of
- Ford dealership, gas station not so good and
Examples
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The island has a handful of gas stations, and a few video rental shops have emerged.
Academic text (1994) -
The fellow at the gas station wants to give me five hundred for it.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where do we think the gas station is?
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Three hours from any town or gas station or anything like that.
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We're coming to a gas station.
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Max owns the gas station.
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Today we bought food at the gas station, like some energy drinks, energy bars.
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Other downtown businesses included a grocery store, two gas stations, three banks, and a coffee shop.
Academic text (2011) -
Faye thinks she saw James at the gas station on the way out.
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Sam, Jet's father, owned the gas station where Jet had gotten her a job as a cashier.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.8
A place where people fill cars with fuel and get small repairs
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1.4
A place where people buy fuel for cars and trucks
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1.0
A place where you buy petrol and fill your car
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1.2
A place where people buy fuel for cars and other vehicles
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'gas' (fuel for vehicles) + 'station' (a place or service point), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a place that sells fuel. This noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'gasolinera', French 'station-service') and follows a basic English compounding pattern, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
Gas station comes from early car stops where drivers filled their tanks with gas at a small station. So today it means 'a place that sells fuel for vehicles'.