wheelchair
noun
- chair with wheels, used by those who have trouble walking
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ / /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/
noun
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 κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.
- 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."”
- Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- 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
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 κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.
- 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”