petrol station
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- noun
- /ˈpɛtrəl ˈsteɪʃən/
- UK
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gasolinera
- I stopped at a petrol station to fill up my car before the long drive.
And you just like I'll get a sandwich at the petrol station.
- And you just like I'll get a sandwich at the petrol station.
- And there's a girl driving her car and she pulls into the petrol station and gets gets gas and then is driving back And basically she's being like hounded by this truck.
- In South Africa, our petrol stations, our gas stations, right.
- So we've got protein bars and one petrol station.
- We were in Iowa and he said that the pizza at the gas station was too bacony or something like that.
- And I used to have so many registration plates in my head of cash and transits like doing deliveries at petrol stations or.
- I, I stopped at a gas station and saw the paper and same thing that Lonnie had seen.
Examples
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The action takes place at a petrol station.
Blog text (1) -
Dave gave me a ride to a petrol station just outside of town; a light rain had begun, but it seemed like a great spot to catch a ride.
Blog text (5) -
That should get you to the next petrol station.
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Dad had a petrol station.
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Their tanks can stop for fuel at a petrol station.
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I turn into the petrol station, hoping to lose the screaming blue vehicle.
Blog text (1) -
Well along the highway, she remembered she had not left a note and turned off at a petrol station to telephone her office.
Fiction book (1994) -
He works at a petrol station.
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Eventually we do stop for gas, but at a petrol station where the tankers are still unloading their cargo of oil.
Academic text (2006) -
The fuel shortage has worsened, as evidenced by the queues of cars at petrol stations.
Blog text (22)
Synonyms
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A place where people buy fuel for cars and small items
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A place where people fill cars with fuel and get small repairs
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A place where people buy fuel for cars and trucks
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A place where people buy fuel for cars and other vehicles
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where petrol is sold and vehicles are refueled' follows directly from combining 'petrol' (fuel) and 'station' (a place/building providing a service), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the compound meaning. This noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., 'gas station', 'station-service'), making the expression transparently compositional and immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The name petrol station comes from the early days of cars. People used station to mean a fixed 'place' that gives a service, and petrol is the British word for 'gasoline', so a petrol station is literally a place to buy fuel and fill up a car.