wheelchair
noun
wheel·chair
ˈ(h)wēl-ˌcher 
: a chair mounted on wheels especially for the use of disabled persons
Examples of wheelchair in a Sentence
He was in a wheelchair for several months after the accident.
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Three years earlier, a 737 crew preparing to board their aircraft saw a flight attendant being taken away in a wheelchair.
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Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Complimentary beach wheelchair rentals are available through Hart’s Camp for any Pacific City visitor.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Guests report nurses walking through the halls pushing wheelchairs, dark figures, cold spots, smells like cherry tobacco without a source, flickering lights and visitors feeling ill in certain areas of the hotel such as the old hospital wings and the morgue (now the site of the spa).
—Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
Complimentary beach wheelchair rentals are available through Hart’s Camp for any Pacific City visitor.
—Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
Guests report nurses walking through the halls pushing wheelchairs, dark figures, cold spots, smells like cherry tobacco without a source, flickering lights and visitors feeling ill in certain areas of the hotel such as the old hospital wings and the morgue (now the site of the spa).
—Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The cousins had started emptying out Gómez’s bedroom so Noah could stay there instead, with enough space to accommodate his ventilator, wheelchair, and other medical equipment.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wheelchair
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“Wheelchair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheelchair. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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wheelchair
noun
wheel·chair
-ˌche(ə)r
-ˌcha(ə)r
: a chair with wheels used especially by sick, injured, or disabled people to get about
Medical Definition
wheelchair
noun
wheel·chair
ˈhwē(ə)l-ˌche(ə)r, ˈwē(ə)l-, -ˌcha(ə)r
: a chair mounted on wheels especially for the use of disabled individuals
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