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clearing stations

clearing stations is the plural of clearing station.

Meaning of clearing station

Noun

clearing station (plural clearing stations)

  1. A temporary field hospital to treat and classify the sick and wounded.
    • ‘The orders are that we stay here. You clear the wounded from here to the clearing station.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 181
    Synonyms:
    clearing hospital

Questions about clearing stations

What is clearing stations the plural of?
Clearing stations is the plural of clearing station.

Words near clearing stations in the dictionary

  1. clearing one's throat
  2. clearing out
  3. clearing saw
  4. clearing saws
  5. clearing station
  6. clearing stations
  7. clearing the air
  8. clearing the decks
  9. clearing the market
  10. clearing the neighborhood
  11. clearing the table

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