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How to pronounce stretcher in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms capstone, copestone, coping stone
Type of stone
Type Words
Type of litter
Has types gurney
Type Words
Type of mechanical device
Derivation stretch
Type Words
Type of framework, frame

Examples of stretcher

stretcher
They also practiced taking a stretcher into a station and transporting a victim.
From the stltoday.com
A stretcher was brought out but Gagne skated off with the help of two teammates.
From the sacbee.com
His job as a stretcher-bearer was no less dangerous than that of an infantryman.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The movie opens in Iraq with four men carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher.
From the signonsandiego.com
Hossa had to be taken off on a stretcher and missed the remainder of the series.
From the washingtonpost.com
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From the yallsjoynt.com
After lengthy treatment by club medical staff he was carried off on a stretcher.
From the guardian.co.uk
They employ unusually deep stretcher bars and have a notch cut from one corner.
From the latimes.com
On Day 2, however, Barber got shot in the leg and had to be carried by stretcher.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting
  • A mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it
  • A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles
  • Capstone: a stone that forms the top of wall or building
  • A stretcher is a medical device used to carry casualties or an incapacitated person from one place to another. It is a simple type of litter, and still called by that name in some cases.
  • A stretcher is a horizontal support element of a table, chair or other item of furniture; this structure is normally made of exposed wood and ties vertical elements of the piece together. There are numerous styles of the stretcher including circumferential, double and spindle design. ...
  • Stretcher is a character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series.
  • 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 side exposed (compare header); A lie; to carry (an injured person) on a stretcher
  • (STRETCHERS) Cross bracing in the shell to which the shoes are attached; usually called footstretchers. Also refers to the wood or metal devices used on which the shells are placed when they are out of the water. These are also called slings.