NOUN | artifact | stretcher | a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting |
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artifact | stretcher | a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it | |
artifact | stretcher | a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead | |
artifact | stretcher, capstone, copestone, coping stone | a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
Sounds | streh'cher | |
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Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... |
Meaning | A wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting. | |
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Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
Spanish | bastidor | |
Catalan | bastidor |
Meaning | A mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it. | |
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Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
Spanish | ensanchador | |
Catalan | eixamplador | |
Verbs | stretch | make long or longer by pulling and stretching |
Meaning | A litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet / sheet of canvas stretched between two poles. | |
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Narrower | gurney | A metal stretcher with wheels |
Broader | litter | conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers |
Spanish | camilla |
Meaning | A stone that forms the top of wall or building. | |
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Synonyms | capstone, copestone, coping stone | |
Part of | wall | An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness |
Broader | stone | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose |
Spanish | piedra de albardilla | |
Catalan | cavalló |
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