STRETCHER


Meaning of STRETCHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stretʃə(r) ]

( stretchers, stretchered)

1.

A stretcher is a long piece of canvas with a pole along each side, which is used to carry an injured or sick person.

The two ambulance attendants quickly put Plover on a stretcher and got him into the ambulance.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone is stretchered somewhere, they are carried there on a stretcher.

I was close by as Lester was stretchered into the ambulance...

V-PASSIVE : be V-ed prep / adv

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