Taxi Rank (Noun)
Meaning
A place where taxis park while awaiting customers; "in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The city centre had several taxi ranks with long queues of passengers during peak hours.
- We stood in line at the taxi rank outside the train station waiting for our turn.
- She finally grabbed a taxi at the taxi rank after waiting for over an hour.
- You can find the taxi rank just outside the arrivals gate at the airport.
- The hotel concierge directed us to the nearby taxi rank where we would find plenty of available cabs.