station house
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈsteɪʃən haʊs/
- US
:
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- The suspect was taken to the station house after his arrest for questioning.
- back to the station house
- go to the station house
- door to the station house
Examples
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After the incident, the officers returned to their station house to file a detailed report.
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The community meeting was held at the local station house to discuss safety concerns.
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We gotta get to the station house.
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We're gonna go down to the station house and we're gonna make a report.
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We'll go back to the station house.
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You need to come down to the station house anyway to file a report.
Fiction book (2002) -
We'll have to go down to the station house and make a complaint.
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Come on over to the station house, the Lieutenant is throwing a party.
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Talk to him at the station house after he's been booked.
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I'm at the 68th Street station house.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where police work, hold arrested people, and take crime reports
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents denote buildings, so a B1 learner who knows 'station' and 'house' will infer this is a type of building associated with a station. However, the specific sense 'police headquarters/detention place' is not strictly predictable from the parts (and 'station' can refer to many service buildings), making the exact meaning partially but not fully deducible.
Etymology
Station house comes from the simple picture of station and house joined together: a 'house' where the police 'station' is based. That is why it means the local building where officers work and where people are taken after arrest.