stretcher

[ strech-er ]

/ ˈstrɛtʃ ər /

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noun

Medicine/Medical.

a kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead.
a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.

a person or thing that stretches.

any of various instruments for extending, widening, distending, etc.

a bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace.

Masonry. a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface.Compare header (def. 5a).

a simple wooden framework on which the canvas for an oil painting is stretched.

Furniture.

a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture.
one member of this framework.

a crosspiece that is set athwart and near the bottom in a small boat, and against which the feet of a rower are braced.

one of the thin, sliding rods connecting the canopy and handle of an umbrella.

verb (used with object)

to stretch (canvas for a painting) on a stretcher.

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Origin of stretcher

First recorded in 1375–1425, stretcher is from the late Middle English word stretcher.See stretch, -er¹

Words nearby stretcher

stress-timed, stress ulcers, stress urinary incontinence, stretch, stretch a point, stretcher, stretcher-bearer, stretchie, stretching course, stretch limo, stretch mark

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Example sentences from the Web for stretcher

Police soon arrived on the scene, where Xie stood sobbing and clutching the makeshift weapon as the bleeding assailant was strapped into a stretcher.
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A woman with a bloodied face was seen being brought out of the Capitol on a stretcher.
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He and others scrambled to transport blood-soaked men on stretchers from rail cars to triage, where those with a chance were separated from those who were goners.
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“We were hauling one guy, and my grip on the stretcher slipped.”
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An ambulance and the police were called, and my dad was put on a stretcher.
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And the next time his friend saw Moses, it was online; his bloody body was slapped on a stretcher.
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They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.
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Paramedics now headed into the shop with a stretcher to aid the gunman.
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There was a stretcher near their position— someone had brought it out earlier and leaned it up near the truck.
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Prep work now short- circuited, Carter kicked the ammo cans out of the way and snatched up the stretcher.
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They dragged him back clear of any further falls, and improvised a stretcher on which to carry home his now unconscious body.
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The stretcher-bearers brought the latter in, and I sent for the doctor at once, but he could only pronounce him to be dead also!
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Four officers carried the stretcher, and about six others followed behind.
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Well away from the enemy the soldier is borne on a stretcher, sewn up in his blankets and wrapped in a flag.
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One Palmer and two small hackle Flies on your stretcher give a tolerable good chance.
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British Dictionary definitions for stretcher

stretcher

/ (ˈstrɛtʃə) /

noun

a device for transporting the ill, wounded, or dead, consisting of a frame covered by canvas or other material

a strengthening often decorative member joining the legs of a chair, table, etc

the wooden frame on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

a tie beam or brace used in a structural framework

a brick or stone laid horizontally with its length parallel to the length of a wallCompare header (def. 4)

rowing a fixed board across a boat on which an oarsman braces his feet

Australian and NZ a camp bed

slang an exaggeration or lie

verb (tr)

to transport (a sick or injured person) on a stretcher

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Medical definitions for stretcher

stretcher

[ strĕch′ər ]

n.

A litter, usually of canvas stretched over a frame, used to transport the sick, wounded, or dead.

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