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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stretch•er /ˈstrɛtʃɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a framework of a piece of canvas and two long poles on the side, used to carry a sick or dead person.
- a person or thing that stretches.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stretch•er (strech′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Medicine
- 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.
- Buildinga bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace.
- Building[Masonry.]a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface. Cf. header (def. 5a).
- Fine Arta 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.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa 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.
v.t. - Fine Artto stretch (canvas for a painting) on a stretcher.
- late Middle English stretcher. See stretch, -er1 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stretcher /ˈstrɛtʃə/ n - 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 wall
- a fixed board across a boat on which an oarsman braces his feet
- Austral NZ a camp bed
vb (transitive)- to transport (a sick or injured person) on a stretcher
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