n. 25B6; noun
a railway station : STOPPING PLACE, stop, halt, stage; terminus, terminal, depot.
a research station : ESTABLISHMENT, base, camp; post, depot; mission; site, facility, installation, yard.
a police station : OFFICE, depot, base, headquarters; N. Amer. precinct, station house; informal cop shop; Brit. informal nick.
a radio station : CHANNEL, broadcasting organization; wavelength.
(Austral./NZ) a sheep station : RANCH, range; farm.
the lookout resumed his station : POST, position, place.
(dated) Karen was getting ideas above her station : RANK, place, status, position in society, social class, stratum, level, grade; caste; archaic condition, degree.
25B6; verb the regiment was stationed at Woolwich : PUT ON DUTY, post, position, place; establish, install; deploy, base, garrison.