slave trade
slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
| slave ant | any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species |
slave-making ant
slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
air base
air station | a base for military aircraft |
beach wagon
station wagon
wagon estate car
beach waggon
station waggon
waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
booster booster amplifier
booster station
relay link
relay station
relay transmitter | an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal |
broadcasting station
broadcast station | a station equipped to broadcast radio or television programs |
bus terminal
bus depot
bus station
coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers |
dressing station
aid station | (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded |
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 |
gasoline station
gas station
filling station
petrol station | a service station that sells gasoline |
lookout
observation tower
lookout station
observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |
naval installation
shore station | military installation servicing naval forces |
| observation station | a station set up for making observations of something |
pay-phone
pay-station | a coin-operated telephone |
police station
police headquarters
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 station
power plant
powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
public toilet
comfort station
public convenience
convenience public lavatory
restroom
toilet facility
wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
pump house
pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
| radio station | station for the production and transmission of AM or FM radio broadcasts |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
remote terminal
link-attached terminal
remote station
link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
sampling station
sampler | an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something |
| service station | a station where gasoline and oil are sold and facilities are available for repairing or maintaining automobiles |
| slave market | a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) |
| slave ship | a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage |
space station
space platform
space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
| 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 |
| Station of the Cross | a representation of any of the stages in Christ's journey to Calvary |
| subway station | a terminal where subways load and unload passengers |
television station
TV station | station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts |
whistle stop
flag stop
way station | a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal |
| station | the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station |
mission missionary post
missionary station
foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
polling place
polling station | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election |
meteorological observation post
weather station | one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded |
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 |
| coaling station | a seaport where ships can take on supplies of coal |
| station | (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty |
stopover
way station | a stopping place on a journey, there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago |
| slave state | any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War |
| Great Slave Lake | a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada, drained by the Mackenzie River |
desk sergeant
deskman
station keeper | the police sergeant on duty in a police station |
drudge
peon
navvy
galley slave | a laborer who is obliged to do menial work |
| galley slave | a slave condemned to row in a galley |
power worker
power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
| slave | a person who is owned by someone |
slave striver
hard worker | someone who works as hard as a slave |
| slave | someone entirely dominated by some influence or person, a slave to fashion, a slave to cocaine, his mother was his abject slave |