stretcher
Someone or something that stretchesSomeone or something that stretches.
» Tom was put on a stretcher.
Тома положили на носилки.
Meaning
11 sensesSomeone or something that stretches.
A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
Trage, Tragbahre, Bahre
носи́лкиnosílki
носи́лкиnosýlky, но́шіnóši
A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
Bahre, Tragbahre
подра́мникpodrámnik
a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
натяжно́е устро́йствоnatjažnóje ustrójstvo
a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
A brick laid with the longest (but least tall) side exposed.
A piece of timber used in building.
(slang)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 horizontal bar joining the legs of a chair or a table to provide support and stability.
(obsolete)A penis, especially a long penis.
Examples
38 sentencesTom was put on a stretcher.
ruТома положили на носилки.
They brought Tom in on a stretcher.
They took Tom away on a stretcher.
ruОни унесли Тома на носилках.
Tom got carried out on a stretcher.
Tom was brought into the clinic on a stretcher.
Translations
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Origin
From stretch + -er.From stretch + -er.
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Forms
plural: stretchers| Singular | stretcher |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a stone that forms the top of wall or building:capstonecopestonecoping stone