gas station

noun

: a retail station for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil

called also service station

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The impact of surging oil prices is transmitting directly from gas stations to delivery packages, with market expectations pointing toward record high US package shipping costs this year. — CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 An 18-year-old man who was shot in Arlington early Sunday died later at a gas station in Fort Worth, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026 Rulings from a 2019 lawsuit favoring the department to stop the billboards’ construction have also been invoked by the Town of Southampton to halt a gas station and travel plaza on the same piece of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Missy MacIvor had told her sister that a man working at the local Amoco gas station gave her the creeps. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gas station

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas station was in 1925

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gas station

noun
: a place for servicing motor vehicles especially with gasoline and oil
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