gas station

gas station (plural gas stations)

2. (Canada, US, New Zealand) An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.

   Synonyms: filling station, petrol station (Commonwealth); see also Thesaurus:filling station

• Colloquially, an item specifically referred to as coming from a gas station, most often food, can imply that it is of poor or suspect quality. (For example, gas station sushi is proverbial in the 21st century for provoking doubt about its food safety, and gas station knives are cheap, gaudy pocketknives sometimes sold at gas stations.) See also dollar-store.

• pump attendant