stretcher

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈstrɛtʃɚ/ UK /ˈstrɛtʃə/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
a framework for carrying an injured or sick person

Paramedics lifted the casualty onto a stretcher.

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1 noun · a framework for carrying an... littergurneytrolley bier

Word family

Related forms stretchoutstretch

Etymology

From stretch + -er, an agent/instrument noun. Stretch is from Old English streccan ('to stretch out, extend'), from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną.

streccan Old English *strakjaną Proto-Germanic

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# stretcher

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈstrɛtʃɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈstrɛtʃə

## Meanings
1. a framework for carrying an injured or sick person

## Examples
- Paramedics lifted the casualty onto a stretcher.

## Synonyms
- litter
- gurney
- trolley
- bier

## Related Forms
- stretch
- outstretch

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: streccan
- Root: *strakjaną

## Etymology
From stretch + -er, an agent/instrument noun. Stretch is from Old English streccan ('to stretch out, extend'), from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną.

## AI Etymology
Stretcher is from stretch + -er, an agent/instrument noun. Stretch is from Old English streccan ('to stretch out, extend'), from Proto-Germanic *strakjaną. Important recorded forms include streccan (Old English) and *strakjaną (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a framework for carrying an injured or sick person. The wider family includes related words such as stretch and outstretch.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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