service station
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪs ˈsteɪʃən/
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- You will then proceed to the service station.
- service station and repair shop
Oh my God, those things you get at the service station, they are so good.
- Oh my God, those things you get at the service station, they are so good.
- And I guess it was because they also were buying a lot of the service stations and stuff as well.
- Yeah, I've bumped into him in the service station in stretching just out of the blue after getting back from Ecuador.
Examples
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What about the service station across the road?
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The brightly lit service station contained both a gas station and a Burger King.
Fiction book (1997) -
Oh my God, those things you get at the service station, they are so good.
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I got it at the service station
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I run a service station and sell a few used cars.
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Back on Main Road, I stopped at a service station and got gas.
Fiction book (1997) -
I took it to a service station, where it refused to start at all.
Fiction book (1996) -
We get to the motorway service station and it's open.
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The fellow at the service station said it needed a tune-up.
Fiction book (1997) -
I need to stop at the service station to refuel my car before we continue our trip.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people buy fuel for cars and small items
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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 Complete
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: a 'station' where 'service' (vehicle maintenance/refuelling) is provided, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a place to get petrol and car repairs. Many languages use the same logic (e.g. Spanish 'estación de servicio', French 'station-service'), so the combination is readily predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Service station comes from early car days, when drivers stopped at a station where workers would service the car by filling the tank, checking the oil and doing small repairs. That's why the name means 'a place to buy petrol and have your car repaired or looked after'.