stretcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Someone or something that stretches.
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
A piece of timber used in building.
A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
A board against which a rower places his feet.
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 penis, especially a long penis.

verb

/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/ strĕchʹər /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃɚ/ /ˈstɹet͡ʃə/ En-au-stretcher.ogg

stretcher stretchers stretchering stretchered

From stretch + -er.

litter ambulance dooly

stretcher-bearer stretcher bond stretcher case stretcherless stretcherman stretcher match stretcherwoman X-stretcher

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