noun
- A stopping place.
- A place where workers are stationed.
- Any of the Stations of the Cross.
- The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
- A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
- Standing; rank; position.
- A broadcasting entity.
- A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
- Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
- The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
- An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc.
- Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
- The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres.
- The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
- The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
Synonyms: channel, sta, stn, farm, ranch, base, military base
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