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SERVICE STATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("service station" is a kind of...):
station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "service station"):
filling station; gas station; gasoline station; petrol station (a service station that sells gasoline)
truck stop (a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers)