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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
petrol station
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit.
▪ She was working as a petrol station cashier when armed robbers threatened her with a knife during a raid.
▪ The petrol station at Shiel Bridge has a good range of groceries.
Wiktionary
petrol station

n. A filling station, gas station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles

WordNet
petrol station

n. a service station that sells gasoline [syn: gasoline station, gas station, filling station]

Usage examples of "petrol station".

Much better than the corrugated-iron garage behind the petrol station that Morrie and Sophie lived in while they were saving every penny.

Fortunately they were only half a mile from the first houses of the town and two hundred yards ahead there stood a petrol station, so they got out and walked towards it.

Another ten minutes flew along before a friendly motorist drew up and agreed to tow them to the nearest petrol station.

There is a petrol station at the fork and the American car was there.

The Jaguar was almost empty so he pulled into the petrol station opposite Shrivemoor to fill up.

In Glasgow shop windows were smashed, and a fire begun at a petrol station resulted in a devastating explosion which killed eleven people instantly.