station house
A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipmentA structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
» Walking from the station to my house takes only five minutes.
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3 senses(US)A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
(US)The headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
Polizeirevier, Polizeiposten
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
A building serving as shelter at a railway station.
Examples
6 sentencesWalking from the station to my house takes only five minutes.
Walking from the station to my house only takes five minutes.
deVom Bahnhof bis zu mir nach Hause sind es zu Fuß nur fünf Minuten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She takes a taxi from the station to her house.
deSie fährt mit dem Taxi vom Bahnhof nach Hause. — raggione
There's only one station house in that city.
Walking from the station to the house takes only five minutes.
Translations
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Forms
plural: station housesSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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:police stationpolice headquarters
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.