Pronunciation Noun
wheelchair (plural wheelchairs)
- A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
- (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
- 2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair” ↗, The Daily Dot:
- To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.
- 2020 March 1, Gabe Bergado, “Watch this tortoise zip around town in a giant wheelchair” ↗, The Daily Dot:
- wheelchair lift
- wheelchair sport
- wheelchair user
- French: fauteuil roulant, chaise roulante
- German: Rollstuhl, Krankenfahrstuhl, Fahrstuhl
- Italian: sedia a rotelle
- Portuguese: cadeira de rodas
- Russian: кре́сло-ката́лка
- Spanish: silla de ruedas
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