station : Idioms & Phrases

• noun (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded
  aid station.
  

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• noun a base for military aircraft
  air base.
  

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• noun an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
  relay transmitter; relay link; booster amplifier; booster station; booster.
  

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• noun a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs
  broadcast station.
  

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• noun a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs
  broadcast station.
  

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• noun a terminal that serves bus passengers
  bus depot; bus terminal; bus station.
  

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• noun a terminal that serves bus passengers
  bus depot; bus terminal; bus station.
  

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• noun a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal
  

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• noun a toilet that is available to the public
  wash room; public convenience; restroom; convenience; public toilet; public lavatory; toilet facility.
  

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• noun (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded
  aid station.
  

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• noun a service station that sells gasoline
  filling station; gasoline station; gas station.
  

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• noun a station housing fire apparatus and firemen
  firehouse.
  

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• noun a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained
  

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• (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved.

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• noun a service station that sells gasoline
  filling station; gasoline station; gas station.
  

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• noun a service station that sells gasoline
  filling station; gasoline station; gas station.
  

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• noun a terminal connected to a computer by a data link
  remote terminal; link-attached station; link-attached terminal.
  

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• noun a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
  lookout; observatory; observation tower.
  

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• noun an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
  foreign mission; mission; missionary post.
  

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• noun a station set up for making observations of something
  

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• noun a coin-operated telephone
  pay-phone.
  

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• noun a service station that sells gasoline
  filling station; gasoline station; gas station.
  

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• noun 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
  police headquarters; police station.
  

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• the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons.

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• noun a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
  polling place.
  

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• noun an electrical generating station
  powerhouse; power plant.
  

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• noun a worker at a power station
  power worker.
  

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• noun a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
  pump house.
  

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• noun station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts
  

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• noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
  railroad station; railway station; railroad terminal; train depot.
  

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• noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
  railroad station; railway station; railroad terminal; train depot.
  

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• noun an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
  relay transmitter; relay link; booster amplifier; booster station; booster.
  

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• noun a terminal connected to a computer by a data link
  remote terminal; link-attached station; link-attached terminal.
  

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• noun an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
  sampler.
  

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• noun a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles
  

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• noun military installation servicing naval forces
  naval installation.
  

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• the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service.

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• noun position in a social hierarchy
  rank; social rank; social status.
  
  • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are

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• noun a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
  space platform; space laboratory.
  

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• noun the person in charge of a railway station
  stationmaster.
  

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• . (Naut.) Same as Quarter bill, under Quarter.

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• noun 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
  police headquarters; police station.
  

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• . (a) The house serving for the headquarters of the police assigned to a certain district, and as a place of temporary confinement . (b) The house used as a shelter at a railway station.

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• noun the police sergeant on duty in a police station
  deskman; desk sergeant.
  

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• one who has charge of a station, esp. of a railway station.

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• noun a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary
  

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• (Surv.), an instrument for locating on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects, whose positions are known, have been observed.

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• (Surv.), an instrument for taking angles in surveying. Craig.

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• noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
  station waggon; wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.
  

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• noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
  station waggon; wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; estate car; waggon.
  

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
  Stations.
  

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• a place or district for rearing stock. Australia W. Howitt.

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• noun a terminal where subways load and unload passengers
  

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• noun station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts
  television station.
  

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• noun terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods
  railroad station; railway station; railroad terminal; train depot.
  

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• noun station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts
  television station.
  

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• noun a stopping place on a journey
  stopover.
  
  • there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
• noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  whistle stop; flag stop.
  

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• an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.

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• noun one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
  meteorological observation post.
  

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