Ambulance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ambulance is a noun meaning An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
Meaning
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
More Meanings
- (military) A mobile field hospital.
- (UK) A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
- (US, obsolete) Synonym of covered wagon.
- (transitive) To transport by ambulance.
- (chiefly UK, obsolete) Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
Example Sentences
Ambulancing patients with acute obstruction over cobble and rails should not be tolerated; better render the necessary service where the patient is found.
The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.
Word Forms
- ambulances
- ambulancing
- ambulanced
Synonyms for ambulance
Depending on context, synonyms include stretcher.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include medevac, bus, van, rig, jammer, messenger.
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