Definition

Noun: - A building that serves as the headquarters and operational base for police officers in a specific district or precinct. It is a place from which police are dispatched to calls for service and to which persons who have been arrested are brought for processing.

Usage

The term "station house" is a specific and somewhat formal term for a police station. It emphasizes the building's function as a central command post and holding facility.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The suspect was taken to the station house for questioning.
  • All new officers must report to the station house for their assignments.
  • The old station house on Main Street is now a historical museum.

Advanced Usage

• The term can imply a sense of local authority and the physical center of law enforcement activity for an area.
• It is often used in historical or narrative contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Police station (n): The more common modern synonym for "station house."
• Precinct house (n): A very similar term, often used in specific cities like New York.
• Headquarters (n): A more general term for the main administrative office of any organization, including a police force.

Synonyms

• Police station
• Precinct house
• Police headquarters (when referring to the main building for a local force)

Related Phrases

• To be booked at the station house: The formal process of recording an arrest at the police station.
  • After his arrest, he was booked at the station house.

Noun

1. a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought