From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishservice stationˈservice ˌstation noun [countable] TTRa place at the side of the road where you can stop to buy petrol, food, and other goods SYN gas station American English
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service station• Johnson was reading a local newspaper he had bought at the Frankenwald service station when his phone trilled discreetly.• 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.• Read in studio Police have opened a motorway service station to encourage drivers to take a break.• To help pay the bills, I worked every night until eleven at a Sinclair service station on Main Street.• 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. 