| station | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose.; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" |
| ~ broadcast station, broadcasting station | a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs. |
| ~ facility, installation | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry.; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" |
| ~ fire station, firehouse | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen. |
| ~ first-aid station | a station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained. |
| ~ observation station | a station set up for making observations of something. |
| ~ police headquarters, police station, station house | 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. |
| ~ power plant, power station, powerhouse | an electrical generating station. |
| ~ service station | a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles. |
| ~ substation | a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network. |
| ~ depot, terminal, terminus | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. |
| n. (state) | 2. place, station | proper or designated social situation.; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" |
| ~ niche | a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it.; "he found his niche in the academic world" |
| ~ social rank, social station, social status, rank | position in a social hierarchy.; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" |
| n. (location) | 3. station | (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty. |
| ~ naval forces, navy | an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| n. (location) | 4. post, station | the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand.; "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station" |
| ~ bridgehead | a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy. |
| ~ observation post, lookout | an elevated post affording a wide view. |
| ~ outpost, outstation | a station in a remote or sparsely populated location. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. station | the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station. |
| ~ radio frequency | an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared. |
| v. (competition) | 6. place, post, send, station | assign to a station. |
| ~ garrison | station (troops) in a fort or garrison. |
| ~ fort | station (troops) in a fort. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ site, locate, place | assign a location to.; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" |
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