station house

See also: stationhouse and station-house

English

Alternative forms

• stationhouse, station-house

Noun

station house (plural station houses)

1. 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.

2. 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