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packet station

packet station noun: a ferry port used by packets (ferries) carrying mail and passengers over short distances, e.g. across a channel.

Noun

packet station (plural packet stations)

  1. (dated) A ferry port used by packets (ferries) carrying mail and passengers over short distances, e.g. across a channel.
    • A branch line was to run from Newport to Ryde, which had by then attained considerable importance as the packet station providing the quickest access to the island from London, via Portsmouth.1946 March and April, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Central Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 112

Forms of packet station

pluralpacket stations

Origin of packet station

From packet, a vessel to carry mail etc.

Questions about packet station

What does packet station mean?
Packet station means a ferry port used by packets (ferries) carrying mail and passengers over short distances, e.g. across a channel.
What part of speech is packet station?
Packet station is a noun.
What is the plural of packet station?
The plural of packet station is packet stations.

Words near packet station in the dictionary

  1. packet loss
  2. packet losses
  3. packet radio
  4. packet sniffer
  5. packet sniffers
  6. packet station
  7. packet stations
  8. packet switching
  9. packet tracer
  10. packet tracers
  11. packet-boat

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