stretcher English

Meaning stretcher meaning

What does stretcher mean?

stretcher

— noun a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

— noun a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it

— noun a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

— noun (= capstone) a stone that forms the top of wall or building

Synonyms stretcher synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stretcher?

stretcher English » English

litter

bier

palanquin

sedan chair

pallet

hammock

gurney

coping stone

copestone

capstone

bed

barrow

tentering machine

tenter

stretcher rod

stretcher brick

stentering machine

shoetree

shoemaker’s last

shelf

sheet-straightening machine

sheet rectifier

sedan

roof-supporting pole

rack

portable bed

panel brick

palki

outbond brick

machila

load requiring two people to carry it 3

last

handbarrow

fishing platform

expanding roller

drawframe

dhooly

cradle

cot

cobbler’s last

carrying hammock

Topics stretcher topics

What do people use stretcher to talk about?

Person Healthy

Disabled

• What things are used by a crippled person?
  crutch cane wheelchair walker stretcher pallet

Work and occupation Tool

Carrying tool

• What tools are used for carrying things?
  pole pack backpack suitcase case briefcase sling stretcher tray grass ring for head carrying basket for back rope string liana

Physical actions Move something

Carry

• What words refer to something used to carry things?
  pack backpack stretcher carrying pole

Examples stretcher examples

How do I use stretcher in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They took Tom away on a stretcher.

The last time I saw Tom, he was on a stretcher.

They carried the injured man out on a stretcher.

They carried the injured player away on a stretcher.

Tom was carried off the field on a stretcher.

Tom was carried off the ice on a stretcher.

Movie subtitles

Get a stretcher.

The stretcher-bearers will find him.

Say goodbye to Blackie. (SIREN WAILING) - Will your wife need a stretcher?

A skier never takes a lift unless he's on a stretcher.

And you would come down on a stretcher.

Maybe we could find something to make a stretcher with.

It's hard work carryin' a man on a stretcher.

Paul, Chuck, bring a stretcher for Hollis.

See if they have a stretcher at the police station. Take him there.

Then some men came out with Edward on a stretcher.

Stretcher bearerd!

Stretcher bearers.!

Land the two helicopters aft and stand by with a stretcher.

Bring a stretcher and take her to the citadel.

I'll send the doctor from the factory with a stretcher.

And you learned a lot at sea. We found the stretcher in a corridor.

Put that stretcher on the rock there.

We got a stretcher in the baggage car up ahead.

See if they have a stretcher at the police station.

Just leave him on this stretcher.

Hey! Bring the stretcher over here!

Now, look, honey. I don't mind bringing an ambulance and a stretcher but Mr. Hoover's a pretty busy man.

Clear a passage for that stretcher.

Frank, get a stretcher.

We'll not need the stretcher now.

The stretcher-bearers will find him. - He's dead.

I was 34 and a stretcher-bearer.

Next day I saw him on a stretcher. being carried away.

But if he falls from that stretcher, he'd be full of bruises.

Watch the stretcher.

Stretcher bearers.! - Leave him alone!

That means alternating a stretcher and a header, or having the length of a brick, and then a width facing outwards.

Get the stretcher in here.

We have to carry up some flies, a stretcher, radio, even a doctor in case someone left alive up there.

My advice is to tie him to a stretcher so he won't slip when you tilt it.