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stretcher

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.

Pronunciation

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strehcher

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈstɹɛtʃɚ

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Definition

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noun

  1. A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.

  2. A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

  3. A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.

  4. One who, or that which, stretches.

  5. A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.

  6. One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.

verb

  1. transitive

    To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Wooden / frame

canvas stretcher

Simple

stretcher bearer

Brick

front stretcher

Other combinations

two stretcherpulse stretcherwheeled stretchermakeshift stretcher

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • stretchverbBase word

    Occupy a large, elongated area.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • stretcher-bearernounCompound term

    One who helps carry a stretcher.

  • stretcher partynounCompound term

    A party of people with stretchers to carry an injured person.

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