stationhouse
Local law headquarters
A stationhouse is a building serving as headquarters for a local police precinct or fire company.
The term evokes the physical place where officers report for duty, suspects are booked, and complaints are filed: They took him down to the stationhouse for questioning.
Also written as two words: station house.
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- headquartersCentral command location
- squadroomPolice shared office
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
- detentionTemporary official holding
cells · interrogation · dispatch · patrol · beat · desk · sergeant · officer
Machine producing motion
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- bayPartially enclosed water
- alarmUrgent warning signal
crew · shift · dormitory · pole · siren · response · firefighter · pumper
Vehicle storage facility
- terminalAt the endpoint
- platformRaised flat structure
- ticketsDocuments permitting entry
- timetablesCharts of planned events
announcements · conductor · commuter · boarding · arrivals · departures · schedules · fare
precinct
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- headquartersCentral command location
- squadroomPolice shared office
- bookingAdvance arrangement secured
detention · cells · interrogation · dispatch · patrol · beat · desk · sergeant · officer · custody
engine
Machine producing motion
alarm · crew · shift · dormitory · pole · siren · response · firefighter · pumper · rescue
depot
Vehicle storage facility
timetables · announcements · conductor · commuter · boarding · arrivals · departures · schedules · fare · passenger
stationhousefirehouse
Emergency responders' headquarters
fire station · fire hall · hospital · emergency room · coast guard station
stationhousecourthouse
Legal proceedings venue
prison · jail · penitentiary · detention center · halfway house
station, house, stations, stationing, stationed, stationary, stationery, houses, housed