dressing station

noun

A place where wounds are dressed.

Similar
aid station
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Meanings

noundressing station (plural dressing stations)

plural dressing stations

  1. A place where wounds are dressed.

    They were top-heavy, blunt-nosed ambulances, painted gray and built like moving-vans. […] Three others were up in the mountains at dressing stations.

    1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 23

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded

Similar
aid station
Broader
first-aid station
Also see
aid station

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish sidontapaikka
  • sidontapaikkaplace
Irish stáisiún cóirithe, ospidéal machaire
  • stáisiún cóiritheplace
  • ospidéal machaireplace
Cite this entry
APA

dressing station. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressing%20station

MLA

“dressing station.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressing%20station. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dressing station,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressing%20station.

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