stretcher

1. 1.

   a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

   Broaderframework
2. 2.

   a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it

   Broadermechanical device
3. 3.

   a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

   Broaderlitter

   Narrowergurney
4. 4.

   a stone that forms the top of wall or building

   Synonymscapstonecopestonecoping stone

   Broaderstone

   Part ofwall

Other forms of stretcher

plural

stretchers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stretcher

What does stretcher mean?

stretcher means "a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stretcher?

stretcher has 2 syllables: stret-cher. The stress falls on "stret". In IPA it is /ˈstɹɛtʃɚ/.

What is another word for stretcher?

Close synonyms include capstone, copestone, coping stone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stretcher a common word?

stretcher is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.