station house

See also: stationhouse and station-house

English

Alternative forms

stationhouse, station-house

Noun

station house (plural station houses)

A building at a post or station.
- 1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
  The station arrangements are modern, and a subway connects the platforms, but the station house is the standard of 60 years ago.
An area headquarters for police.

Synonyms

(area police headquarters): police station, precinct

Translations

1. A building at a post or station.

2. An area headquarters for police.

Bulgarian: полицейски участък (policejski učastǎk)
German: Polizeirevier (de) n, Polizeiposten (de) m

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