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1. (n.) stretcher
a litter, as of canvas, for carrying a sick or dead person.
2. stretcher
a person or thing that stretches.
3. stretcher
any of various instruments for extending, widening, or distending.
4. stretcher
a bar, beam, or framework serving as a tie or brace.
5. stretcher
a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface.
6. stretcher
a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture.
7. stretcher
one member of this framework.
Etymology: (1375–1425)
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| Definition of 'stretcher' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stretcher
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
2. (noun) stretcher
a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
3. (noun) stretcher
a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
4. (noun) capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher
a stone that forms the top of wall or building
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1. (noun) stretcher
a bed for carrying an injured person
They took him out on a stretcher.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stretcher
one who, or that which, stretches
2. (noun) stretcher
a brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall
3. (noun) stretcher
a piece of timber used in building
4. (noun) stretcher
a narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet
5. (noun) stretcher
a crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and griped
6. (noun) stretcher
a litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons
7. (noun) stretcher
an overstretching of the truth; a lie
8. (noun) stretcher
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
9. (noun) stretcher
an instrument for stretching boots or gloves
10. (noun) stretcher
the frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting
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| Definition of 'stretcher' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. stretcher
See litter.
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Sense: a light folding bed with handles for carrying the sick or wounded
The injured man was carried to the ambulance on a stretcher.
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 Afrikaans: draagbaar |
 Arabic: مَحْمَل، نَقّالَه |
 Bulgarian: носилка |
 Brazilian: maca |
 Czech: nosítka |
 German: die Trage |
 Danish: båre |
 Greek: φορείο |
 Spanish: camilla |
 Estonian: kanderaam |
 Farsi: برانكار |
 Finnish: paarit |
 French: brancard, civière |
 Hebrew: אֲלוּנקָה |
 Hindi: स्ट्रेचर |
 Croatian: nosiljka, naprava za rast |
 Hungarian: hordágy |
 Indonesian: usungan |
 Icelandic: sjúkrabörur |
 Italian: barella |
 Japanese: たんか |
 Korean: 들것 |
 Lithuanian: neštuvai |
 Latvian: nestuves |
 Malay: usung |
 Dutch: brancard |
 Norwegian: båre |
 Polish: nosze |
 Persian: برانكار |
 Pashto: ويرانونكي |
 Portuguese: maca |
 Romanian: brancardă, targă |
 Russian: носилки |
 Slovak: nosidlá |
 Slovenian: nosila |
 Serbian: nosila |
 Swedish: bår |
 Thai: เปลหาม |
 Turkish: sedye |
 Taiwanese: 擔架 |
 Ukrainian: ноші |
 Urdu: اسٹریچر جس پر مریضوں کو ل |
 Vietnamese: người kéo |
 Chinese: 担架 |
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