stretcher
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/
The English word “stretcher” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- Someone or something that stretches.
- 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 (but least tall) side exposed.
- A piece of timber used in building.
- 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.
- A penis, especially a long penis.
verb
Etymology
From stretch + -er.
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More English words
- stretchable
- stretchableness
- stretchably
- stretchedness
- stretcher bond
- stretcher case
- stretcher match
- stretcher-bearer
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