station house

noun

: a house at a post or station
especially : police station

Examples of station house in a Sentence

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The ready reserve engines are supposed to be available for weather emergencies and sometimes to replace broken rigs at station houses. Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Four of the responding officers fired at the suspect, striking him in the stomach, NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera said at a press conference at the 69th Precinct station house early Saturday. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025 Continue your historic building tour by paying a visit to Pea Island Art Gallery, located inside an 1874 station house. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 The last time a new station house was built was in 2013, for the 121st precinct in Staten Island. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for station house 

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of station house was in 1805

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“Station house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/station%20house. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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