gas station

Meaning

A gas station is a place beside a road where you can buy fuel (gasoline or petrol) for your car. Many gas stations also have small shops where you can buy snacks, drinks, or basic car supplies. In British English, this is often called a petrol station.

Examples

• We need to stop at the next gas station because the tank is almost empty.

  We need to stop at the next gas station because the tank is almost empty.

• Is there a gas station near here where I can clean my windshield?

  Is there a gas station near here where I can clean my windshield?

• I bought some snacks and a bottle of water at the gas station.

  I bought some snacks and a bottle of water at the gas station.

• The gas station on the corner is open twenty-four hours a day.

  The gas station on the corner is open twenty-four hours a day.

• Let's pull into that gas station to ask for directions.

  Let's pull into that gas station to ask for directions.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to put some petrol in the gas station.

  ✓ I need to get some gas at the gas station.

  You do not put petrol inside the station itself. You buy fuel *at* the gas station to put *into* your vehicle.

• ✗ Let's stop at the benzine station.

  ✓ Let's stop at the gas station.

  While words like 'benzin' or 'benzine' are used in other languages, English speakers always say 'gas station' (American) or 'petrol station' (British).

Related Expressions

Practice

• We should pull over at the next ___ to buy some snacks for the road trip.

  💡 A place where you buy fuel for your car and sometimes food.

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  gas station

• Is the ___ open late at night?

  💡 Where vehicles go to fill up their tanks.

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  gas station