outstation
outstation noun: a station or post in a remote position; an outpost.
Noun
outstation (plural outstations)
- A station or post in a remote position; an outpost.
- It is proposed also to provide two Regional stores, one at Doncaster and one at Stratford, to supply outstations and the main works with diesel locomotive spares.1955 October, “Notes and News: Diesel Maintenance in Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 726
Adjective
outstation (not comparable)
Adverb
outstation (not comparable)
outstation meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
outstation in Tamil
- வெளியூர்
outstation in Bengali
- দূরবর্তী স্থানে অবস্থিত স্টেশন, ঘাঁটি, একটি চৌকি, শহরের বাইরে
outstation in Kannada
- ಹೊರದಾಣ, ಹೊರಠಾಣೆ
Forms of outstation
| plural | outstations |
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Origin of outstation
From out- + station.
Questions about outstation
- What does outstation mean?
- Outstation means a station or post in a remote position; an outpost.
- What is outstation in Tamil?
- Outstation in Tamil is வெளியூர். See Outstation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is outstation?
- Outstation can be a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
- What is the plural of outstation?
- The plural of outstation is outstations.
Words near outstation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outstation (page history and authors); outstation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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