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| airplay |
the broadcasting of a recording by a radio or television station. |
| bring in |
to arrest or conduct to a police station for questioning. [1/5 definitions] |
| call letters |
the identifying letters or numbers of a television or radio station. |
| cantonment |
a military encampment or station, sometimes used as winter quarters. [1/2 definitions] |
| carry |
to make (news, a program, or the like) available to viewers or listeners, as a newspaper or a television or radio station. [1/16 definitions] |
| checkpoint |
a place where something is halted for inspection, esp. a border station where the documents or vehicles of travelers are inspected. |
| concourse |
a large open space, as in a railway station, where many people pass or gather. [1/5 definitions] |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. [1/2 definitions] |
| depot |
a bus or train station. [1/2 definitions] |
| escalator |
a moving stairway that operates on a belt mechanism to carry people between floors, as of a department store, airport, or train station. |
| filling station |
a retail establishment that provides automotive products and services, esp. gasoline, oil, and air; gas station; service station. |
| firehouse |
a building in which equipment for fighting fires is kept and where firefighters assemble; fire station. |
| gas station |
a place where gas, oil, and other supplies for running a car can be bought; filling station; service station. |
| Gerry Jackson |
founder and station manager of SW Radio Africa, Zimbabwe's only independent radio station, which is broadcast from London, England. |
| interstation |
combined form of station. |
| island |
an area set apart, usu. on a raised surface, for specialized operations, such as the platform in a service station on which the gasoline pumps are set. [1/3 definitions] |
| limousine |
a small bus or van used to carry passengers to and from an airport, train station, hotel, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| lounge |
a room or area, as in a hotel, train station, or the like, where patrons can relax, wait, or smoke. [1/8 definitions] |
| master-at-arms |
in the U.S. Navy, a petty officer whose duty is to keep order and maintain discipline on board a ship or at a shore station. |
| microbus |
a small buslike van or station wagon. |
| nick |
(chiefly British; informal) a prison or police station. [1/6 definitions] |
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