station house

noun

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

Examples of station house in a Sentence

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Searching for answers: The police said that Emil Williams pointed a gun at an officer outside a station house in Bayside, Queens. James Barron, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 Dowling, who was 18 at the time of the killing, sobbed as he was led from a Brooklyn NYPD station house in shackles and handcuffs after his October 2023 arrest. John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 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 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 28 Feb. 2025.

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