gas station

noun

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

called also service station

Examples of gas station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dyed diesel is not available at most ordinary gas stations or truck stops, and it is normally prohibited for highway use. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

On Friday, only 46 percent of gas stations across Russia were selling fuel, according to Gdebenz, a crowdsourced tool that tracks the fuel market. — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Previously, Russia has hit apartment blocks, supermarket warehouses, gas stations and data centers, among other targets, in an escalation of attacks. — Hanna Arhirova, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Kansas City police are attempting to find the family of a 5-year-old child who was found at a gas station on Friday afternoon. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gas station

• ablation
• aeration
• bination
• carnation
• cassation
• castration
• causation
• centration
• cessation
• cetacean
• chelation
• citation

Kids Definition

gas station

noun

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