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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
service station
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Johnson was reading a local newspaper he had bought at the Frankenwald service station when his phone trilled discreetly.
▪ Read in studio Police have opened a motorway service station to encourage drivers to take a break.
▪ That's why Thames Valley Police have set up a temporary service station near junction 10.
▪ The service station is dead, long live the service station.
▪ To help pay the bills, I worked every night until eleven at a Sinclair service station on Main Street.
▪ Two hours later and ravenous, we settled for egg and chips at a motorway service station.
▪ Well, if you stop to fill up at a motorway service station your dreams could come true.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Service station

Service station \Serv"ice station\ a business where automobiles may be serviced and repaired, usually also having a gasoline vending apparatus, in which case it is also called a gas station or gasoline station. Facilities for repair of automobiles but without a gasoline dispensing function are commonly called repair shops.

Wiktionary
service station

n. (context noun UK Australia US English) a filling station, gas station or petrol station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles

WordNet
service station

n. a station where service is provided

Wikipedia
Service station

A service station was originally a full service filling station with a repair garage on-site. See filling station#Service stations.

Service station may also refer to:

  • Filling station, a gasoline or petrol station
  • Automobile repair shop, a place where automobiles are repaired
  • Service centre or rest area, a public facility on motorways or controlled-access highways for resting or refuelling
    • Motorway service area, a rest area in the United Kingdom

Usage examples of "service station".

The service station attendant refused to accept gasoline ration coupons for the transaction.

When the patrol car left, I bought a Stanley knife in the service station and slashed their tyres.

Armed Forces Courier Service station, which was to transport the crypto machines back to NSA.

The young man returned to the side of the road and offered this time to take her to a nearby service station, which she could see up ahead of them.