wheelchair

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
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/ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ · /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/

Definition of wheelchair

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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."”
  2. (attributive)Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
  3. (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

  1. 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.

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