service station
noun
1.
Also called
gas station
. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
2.
a place that provides some service, as the repair of equipment, or where parts and supplies are sold, provided, dispensed, etc.
Origin
1915-20
Examples from the web for
service station
Get an independent
service station
inspection before buying, of course.
When doing a long trip, he can pull into a
service station
and sleeps in his own cab.
In many cases, your local
service station
will recycle your oil for you.
If neither option exists nearby, find a local
service station
or mechanic that accepts used oil for recycling.
Longer shipping routes, more refined gas, and more convenient
service station
locations are all culprits in higher gas prices.
When rubbing alcohol wouldn't ignite the pair, the youths went to a local
service station
for gasoline, which worked.
Today he has forty-eight buses and owns a
service station
and a fourteen-unit apartment building.
Residents couldn't even get gas for their vehicles because
service station
pumps weren't working without electricity.
However, with good design and the help of a
service station
you could be in and out in minutes.
Then it would be a matter of making sure you had a membership in the
service station
chains that you liked.
British Dictionary definitions for
service station
service station
noun
1.
a place that supplies fuel, oil, etc, for motor vehicles and often carries out repairs, servicing, etc
2.
a place that repairs and sometimes supplies mechanical or electrical equipment