STRETCHER Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word stretcher. (close relations)
Definition of STRETCHER
Best Alternative Words for STRETCHER
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ambulance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals | ||||||||
bed | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep • a plot of ground in which plants are growing • a depression forming the ground under a body of water • (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock) • a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit • single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance • the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. • a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track verb • furnish with a bed • place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil • put to bed • have sexual intercourse with • prepare for sleep | ||||||||
carriage | nounn | |||||||
noun • a railcar where passengers ride • a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses • characteristic way of bearing one's body • a machine part that carries something else • a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | ||||||||
cart | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal • wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels verb • draw slowly or heavily • transport something in a cart | ||||||||
conveyance | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • document effecting a property transfer • the transmission of information • something that serves as a means of transportation • act of transferring property title from one person to another • the act of moving something from one location to another | ||||||||
cot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sheath worn to protect a finger • baby bed with high sides made of slats • a small bed that folds up for storage or transport | ||||||||
gurney | nounn | |||||||
noun • a metal stretcher with wheels | ||||||||
handbarrow | nounn | |||||||
noun • a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people | ||||||||
litter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal • rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places) • conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers • material used to provide a bed for animals verb • strew • make a place messy by strewing garbage around • give birth to a litter of animals | ||||||||
transport | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something that serves as a means of transportation • an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes • the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials • a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion • a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder • the act of moving something from one location to another verb • move something or somebody around; usually over long distances • move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body • hold spellbound • transport commercially • send from one person or place to another | ||||||||
trolley | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | ||||||||
vehicle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a conveyance that transports people or objects • a medium for the expression or achievement of something • any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it • any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | ||||||||
capstone | nounn | |||||||
noun • a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination • a stone that forms the top of wall or building | ||||||||
copestone | nounn | |||||||
noun • a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination • a stone that forms the top of wall or building | ||||||||
coping stone | nounn | |||||||
noun • a stone that forms the top of wall or building |