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stretcher

/ˈstɹetʃə/STREH-chur
/ˈstɹɛtʃɚ/STREH-chur

Meaningthat which stretches

Common meaning: a frame for carrying a sick person

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*starg-‘to stretch tight’source
  2. Old EnglishstreccansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishstrecchensource
  4. Englishstretch‘to extend’
  5. Englishformed in English from stretchstretcher‘a frame for carrying a sick person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from stretch + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STRETCH, p.602 · scan

Source words

  • streccan Old English · source word “drawing out, extending”

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