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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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The Lyon academy graduate injured her ankle in a warm-up game just before the start of the tournament and left the pitch in tears on a stretcher.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Sarah K. Rich, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
The stool features stability stretchers on the base that double as footrests and create visual interest.
—Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
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Noun
Flora firefighters brought out the four sisters on a stretcher: Keyana Davis, 11, Keyara Phillips, 9, Kerriele McDonald, 7, and Kionnie Welch, 5.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The Lyon academy graduate injured her ankle in a warm-up game just before the start of the tournament and left the pitch in tears on a stretcher.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
Verb
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
The stool features stability stretchers on the base that double as footrests and create visual interest.
—Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2024
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“Stretcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stretcher. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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stretcher
noun
stretch·er
ˈstrech-ər
: a device for carrying a sick, injured, or dead person
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