stretch·er
ˈstre-chər 
1
a
: one that stretches
especially
: a device or machine for stretching or expanding something
b
: an exaggerated story : a tall tale
2
a
: a brick or stone laid with its length parallel to the face of the wall
b
: a timber or rod used especially when horizontal as a tie in framed work
3
: a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person
4
: a rod or bar extending between two legs of a chair or table
stretchered; stretchering; stretchers
: to carry or transport on a stretcher
Examples of stretcher in a Sentence
Noun
They carried her out to the ambulance on a stretcher.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026
But the win was a costly one since Canada, which entered the tournament missing three starters to injury, lost another early in the second half when midfielder Ismael Kone was carted off on a stretcher with an apparent broken leg after Qatar’s Assim Madibo clipped him from behind.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Newman was, like many in the 1960s, disinclined to gentrify the compositions with a frame, so the only way to conceal the hardware that anchored canvas to stretcher was to move the tacking edge to the back of the paintings, which had thus become the true tacking edges.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The 24-year-old Koné was taken off on a stretcher at BC Place after Qatar’s Assim Madibo caught him from behind in the 54th minute of Canada’s 6-0 rout, with Marsch saying the sound of the impact was audible from the sidelines.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 June 2026
But the win was a costly one since Canada, which entered the tournament missing three starters to injury, lost another early in the second half when midfielder Ismael Kone was carted off on a stretcher with an apparent broken leg after Qatar’s Assim Madibo clipped him from behind.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Verb
Others showed chaotic scenes as officials worked to stretcher the wounded onto helicopters to be airlifted to hospital.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Newman was, like many in the 1960s, disinclined to gentrify the compositions with a frame, so the only way to conceal the hardware that anchored canvas to stretcher was to move the tacking edge to the back of the paintings, which had thus become the true tacking edges.
—Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Stretcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stretcher. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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stretcher
noun
stretch·er
ˈstrech-ər
: a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person
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