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stretch·er
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ˈstrɛtʃ
ər
/
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strech
-er
]
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noun
1.
Medicine/Medical
.
a.
a kind of litter, often of canvas
stretched
on a frame, for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead.
b.
a similar litter on wheels, adapted for use in ambulances and hospitals.
2.
a person or thing that stretches.
3.
any of various instruments for extending, widening, distending, etc.
4.
a bar, beam, or fabricated material, serving as a tie or brace.
5.
Masonry
.
a brick or stone laid in a wall so that its longer edge is exposed or parallel to the surface.
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def. 5a
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6.
a simple wooden framework on
which
the canvas for an oil painting is stretched.
7.
Furniture
.
a.
a framework connecting and bracing the legs of a piece of furniture.
b.
one member of this framework.
8.
a crosspiece that is
set
athwart and near the bottom in a small boat, and against which the feet of a rower are braced.
9.
one of the thin, sliding rods connecting the canopy and handle of an umbrella.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to
stretch
(canvas for a painting) on a
stretcher
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
stretcher.
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