station
1. a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose (Freq. 23)
- he started looking for a gas station
- the train pulled into the station
• Hypernyms:
facility, installation
• Hyponyms:
broadcasting station, broadcast station, fire station, firehouse, first-aid station,
observation station, police station, police headquarters, station house, power station, power plant,
powerhouse, service station, substation, terminal, terminus, depot
2. proper or designated social situation
- he overstepped his place
- the responsibilities of a man in his station
- married above her station
• Syn:
place
• Hypernyms:
social station, social status, social rank, rank
• Hyponyms:
niche
3. (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
• Topics:
navy, naval forces
• Hypernyms:
position, place
4. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand
- a soldier manned the entrance post
- a sentry station
• Syn:
post
• Hypernyms:
position, place
• Hyponyms:
bridgehead, lookout, observation post, outstation, outpost
5. the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station
• Hypernyms:
radio frequency
assign to a station (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
post, send, place
• Derivationally related forms:
place (for: place)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
garrison, fort, locate, place, site
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
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