wheelchair
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- Words With Friends
- 21
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- 10
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Definition of wheelchair
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
“"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."”
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noun
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A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
“"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."”
- (attributive)Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
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(broadly)Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
“To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.”
verb
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to move using a wheelchair
“Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.”
“People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers”
“They strolled, ran, walked and wheelchaired the track.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.…
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρᾱ (hédrā) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.
Words you can make from wheelchair
200+ playable · top: CLERIHEW (16 pts)
Best play clerihew 16 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
29 words- HEEHAW 15 pts
- CHALEH 14 pts
- CHAWER 14 pts
- CHEWER 14 pts
- LECHWE 14 pts
- RECHEW 14 pts
- AWHILE 12 pts
- AWHIRL 12 pts
- WHALER 12 pts
- ACHIER 11 pts
- ARCHIL 11 pts
- CAHIER 11 pts
- CHELAE 11 pts
- CHIRAL 11 pts
- CLAWER 11 pts
- CREWEL 11 pts
- HELIAC 11 pts
- LECHER 11 pts
- LICHEE 11 pts
- HAILER 9 pts
- HALIER 9 pts
- HEALER 9 pts
- WAILER 9 pts
- WALIER 9 pts
- CEILER 8 pts
- CEREAL 8 pts
- ECLAIR 8 pts
- LACIER 8 pts
- RELACE 8 pts
5-letter words
39 words- WHICH 16 pts
- WELCH 13 pts
- HEWER 11 pts
- WHALE 11 pts
- WHEAL 11 pts
- WHEEL 11 pts
- WHERE 11 pts
- WHILE 11 pts
- WHIRL 11 pts
- ARCHI 10 pts
- CHAIR 10 pts
- CHARE 10 pts
- CHEER 10 pts
- CHELA 10 pts
- CHIEL 10 pts
- CHILE 10 pts
- CRAWL 10 pts
- LAICH 10 pts
- LARCH 10 pts
- LEACH 10 pts
- LEECH 10 pts
- REACH 10 pts
- HALER 8 pts
- HILAR 8 pts
- HIREE 8 pts
- WALER 8 pts
- WALIE 8 pts
- AREIC 7 pts
- CARLE 7 pts
- CERIA 7 pts
- CLEAR 7 pts
- CREEL 7 pts
- ERICA 7 pts
- ILEAC 7 pts
- LACER 7 pts
- RELIC 7 pts
- AERIE 5 pts
- ARIEL 5 pts
- LAREE 5 pts
4-letter words
85 words- CHAW 12 pts
- CHEW 12 pts
- WICH 12 pts
- WHEE 10 pts
- WHIR 10 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- ARCH 9 pts
- CHAI 9 pts
- CHAR 9 pts
- CHIA 9 pts
- CLAW 9 pts
- CLEW 9 pts
- CRAW 9 pts
- CREW 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- ECHE 9 pts
- LECH 9 pts
- LICH 9 pts
- RICH 9 pts
- AWEE 7 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- EWER 7 pts
- HAIL 7 pts
- HAIR 7 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HARE 7 pts
- HARL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HEAR 7 pts
- HEEL 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERE 7 pts
- HERL 7 pts
- HILA 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- LEHR 7 pts
- LWEI 7 pts
- RHEA 7 pts
- WAIL 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WALE 7 pts
- WALI 7 pts
- WARE 7 pts
- WEAL 7 pts
- WEAR 7 pts
- WEEL 7 pts
- WEER 7 pts
- WEIR 7 pts
- WERE 7 pts
- WILE 7 pts
- WIRE 7 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARL 6 pts
- CEIL 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CRIA 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LICE 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- ARIL 4 pts
- EARL 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- LAIR 4 pts
- LARI 4 pts
- LEAR 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LIAR 4 pts
- LIER 4 pts
- LIRA 4 pts
- LIRE 4 pts
- RAIL 4 pts
- RALE 4 pts
- REAL 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RIAL 4 pts
- RIEL 4 pts
- RILE 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- HAH 9 pts
- HAW 9 pts
- HEH 9 pts
- HEW 9 pts
- CAW 8 pts
- CHI 8 pts
- HIC 8 pts
- ICH 8 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWL 6 pts
- EEW 6 pts
- EWE 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- LAW 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- LAR 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
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