stretcher
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stretcher
- /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/ UK
- /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈstɹet͡ʃə/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
noun stretchers
- Someone or something that stretches.
- A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person. This done, he sank on to a stretcher, and glanced meditatively about the room.
- A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting. 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.
- A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
- A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed. The quoins should be two feet long and one foot broad on the bed, and regularly built, stretcher and header alternately
- A piece of timber used in building.
- A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
- A board against which a rower places his feet. The jointed stretcher is used in place of the sectional bottom board, with two sideboards, one each side of stretcher. The boat set up this way only weights 20 pounds, and makes a very convenient boat for trout-fishing, duck-hunting, or exploring in ponds or streams where the paddle will do as well
- 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.
- A horizontal bar joining the legs of a chair or a table to provide support and stability.
- A penis, especially a long penis. When our mutual trance was a little over, and the young fellow had withdrawn that delicious stretcher, with which he had most plentifully drowned all thoughts of revenge in the sense of actual pleasure, the widen'd wounded passage refunded a stream of pearly liquids, which flowed down my thighs, mix
verb stretchers · stretchering · stretchered
- To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher. Claire Elise Tisdall, a volunteer nurse working in London, watched as a soldier was strechered past her one night.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: capstone, coping stone, quick, quickly, hurry, fast, detachment, secondment, gurney, litter, bearers, cot, stokes basket, trolley, backboard, outstretcher
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noun simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person — see also gurney
| Español | camilla, parihuela, angarilla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 들것 deulgeot, 담가 damga |
| 日本語 | ストレッチャー sutoretchā, 担架 tanka |
| 中文 | 擔架床 /担架床 dānjiàchuáng, 擔架 /担架 dānjià |
| हिन्दी | स्ट्रेचर sṭrecar |
| Português | maca |
| Français | civière, brancard |
| Deutsch | Trage, Tragbahre, Bahre |
| Italiano | barella |
| Ελληνικά | φορείο foreío |
| Română | targă |
| Русский | носи́лки nosílki |
| Tiếng Việt | cáng, băng ca |
| العربية | نَقَّالَة naqqāla, مِحَفَّة miḥaffa |
| עברית | אַלּוּנְקָה alunka |
noun frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting
| Español | bastidor |
|---|---|
| Français | châssis |
| Deutsch | Bahre, Tragbahre |
| Русский | подра́мник podrámnik |
noun device to stretch shoes or gloves
| Español | ensanchador, horma |
|---|---|
| Русский | натяжно́е устро́йство natjažnóje ustrójstvo |
noun brick laid with the longest side exposed
| Français | panneresse |
|---|
verb to carry on a stretcher
| Français | brancarder |
|---|
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title = {stretcher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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