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S vs Stretcher - What's the difference?

s | stretcher |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun stretcher is

one who, or that which, stretches.

As a verb stretcher is

to carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    stretcher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, stretches.
  • A simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The goal also cost the Blues the services of Luiz, who was injured in attempting to clear and was taken off on a stretcher and replaced by Gary Cahill.}}
  • A frame on which a canvas is stretched for painting.
  • A device to stretch shoes or gloves.
  • A brick laid with the longest side exposed (compare header).
    • (Gwilt)
  • (architecture) A piece of timber used in building.
  • (slang) A lie; an overstretching of the truth.
  • (nautical) A board against which a rower places his feet.
  • (nautical) A crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up and gripped.
    • (Dana)
  • One of the rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to the tube sliding upon the handle.
  • An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
  • (obsolete) A penis, especially a long penis.
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , When our mutual trance was a little over, and the young fellow had withdrawn that delicious stretcher , with which he had most plentifully drowned all thoughts of revenge in the sense of actual pleasure, the widen'd wounded passage refunded a stream of pearly liquids, which flowed down my thighs, mixed with streaks of blood}}

    Derived terms

    * stretcher-bearer * stretcher case

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To carry (an injured person) on a stretcher.