Stretcher Meaning
/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSomeone or something that stretches.
nounA simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
Sentence Examples
Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
They brought Tom in on a stretcher.
The last time I saw Tom, he was on a stretcher.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The paramedics placed the injured patient on a ____ to transport him quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The injured player was carried off the football field on a ____ after a collision with another athlete.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English stretch English -er English stretcher From stretch + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room."
— 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 153:
"After all this has been done, the funeral-procession begins. The stretcher is borne to the burialplace by male persons, even when the deceased is a woman; this work is to be done carefully."
— 1953, H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, “Djināza”, in Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, E.J. Brill, published 1995, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 90, column 1:
"The goal also cost the Blues the services of Luiz, who was injured in attempting to clear and was taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Gary Cahill."
— 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
"There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support."
— 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
"A twelve-by-fourteen canvas would not pin in his box, so he had to make a stretcher for it, and very neatly he made it, out of strips of butter-box."
— 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 48:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The paramedics placed the injured patient on a ____ to transport him quickly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The injured player was carried off the football field on a ____ after a collision with another athlete.