stretch·er
ˈstre-chər 
1
a
: one that stretches
especially
: a device or machine for stretching or expanding something
b
: an exaggerated story : a tall tale
2
a
: a brick or stone laid with its length parallel to the face of the wall
b
: a timber or rod used especially when horizontal as a tie in framed work
3
: a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person
4
: a rod or bar extending between two legs of a chair or table
stretchered; stretchering; stretchers
: to carry or transport on a stretcher
Examples of stretcher in a Sentence
Noun
They carried her out to the ambulance on a stretcher.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Rost and the medics picked the man back up, walked into the sunlight and set him on a stretcher.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
Downstairs, the hospital’s E.R. was in full, frenetic swing—the nurses drawing blood, the techs gathering vital signs, the doctors migrating from stretcher to stretcher in small teams.
—Ricardo Nuila, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
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Noun
One of the boys can be seen with his stomach torn open and his organs spilling out onto the stretcher, his eyes still hanging open.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Rost and the medics picked the man back up, walked into the sunlight and set him on a stretcher.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
The stool features stability stretchers on the base that double as footrests and create visual interest.
—Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
Downstairs, the hospital’s E.R. was in full, frenetic swing—the nurses drawing blood, the techs gathering vital signs, the doctors migrating from stretcher to stretcher in small teams.
—Ricardo Nuila, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Stretcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stretcher. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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stretcher
noun
stretch·er
ˈstrech-ər
: a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person
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