STATION HOUSE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought

Synonyms:

police headquarters; police station; station house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("station house" is a kind of...):

station (a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose)

Meronyms (parts of "station house"):

squad room (a room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignments)

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