cabstandnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæb.stænd/us/ˈkæb.stænd/US UK taxiranka place where taxis wait for customers
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Train & bus stations & taxi ranks
- baggage room
- bus shelter
- bus station
- bus stop
- coach station
- depot
- left-luggage office
- platform
- rank
- request stop
- retiring room
- staging post
- station
- stop
- taxi rank
- terminal
- terminus
Examples from literature
- A fortnight ago I was at a cabstand at the West End, talking to a cab-driver, when some drops of rain came down.
- After driving through the side-street we came to the large cabstand where Jerry had said "Good-night."
- When he asked himself the question he knew that he would not go to his club, and yet he pretended to doubt about it, as he made his way to a cabstand in Tottenham Court Road.