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 |
bicycle bike wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
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 |
pedicab cycle rickshaw | a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling), used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire, boys who once pulled rickshaws now pedal pedicabs |
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 |
polling booth | a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes |
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 |
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 |
cycle of rebirth | (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms |
cycle oscillation | a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon, a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons |
cardiac cycle | the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next, an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles, the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram |
Carnot cycle Carnot's ideal cycle | a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat |
cycle | a periodically repeated sequence of events, a cycle of reprisal and retaliation |
business cycle trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
cycle | a series of poems or songs on the same theme, Schubert's song cycles |
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 |
desk sergeant deskman station keeper | the police sergeant on duty in a police station |
power worker power-station worker | a worker at a power station |
stationmaster station agent | the person in charge of a railway station |
food web food cycle | (ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains |