wheelchair
wheelchair
Definition
wheel·chair (--c̸her′)
noun
☆ a mobile chair mounted on large wheels, for persons unable to walk
wheelchair
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- motorise: The site is predominantly laid to gravel paths and motorized wheelchairs are recommended.
- bind: The bar has a low section in the bar top so wheelchair bound people can get served.
- propel: If you propel the wheelchair yourself a tray will let you carry objects.
- accommodate: Withdrawn in 1954, later adapted to accommodate wheelchairs.
- maneuver: It should also have enough space outside the door to maneuver that wheelchair.
- fold: My wife and I got into the car, with the wheelchair folded into the boot of the car.
Preposition: for
- mobility: He has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair for mobility.
- hire: Please note that Theatr Mwldan does not have a wheelchair for hire at the present moment.
Adjective modifier
- manual: There is a manual wheelchair available from the shop.
- electric: She has recently been allocated an electric wheelchair which she controls herself.
- folding: Passengers ' folding wheelchairs will be carried free of charge in addition to their normal baggage allowance.
- lightweight: He has set himself a fundraising target of £ 2,000, the cost of a lightweight manual wheelchair.
- autonomous: Stable Encoding of Robot Trajectories using Normalized Radial Basis Functions: Application to an Autonomous Wheelchair.
Modifies a noun
- user: Once inside your building can a wheelchair user get to use all customer areas or make use of your service unaided?
- basketball: We are lucky in Hampshire to have two Wheelchair Basketball teams.
- access: Access: Limited wheelchair access, no adapted toilets.
- ramp: The busses are fitted with wheelchair ramps in both doors.
- lift: Neither group is catered for by coaches with wheelchair lifts.
- tennis: For more than 10 years she has worked with a number of squads including hockey, rowing, weightlifting and wheelchair tennis.
Noun used with modifier
- on-board: Develop a draft specification for an on-board wheelchair for use on aircraft.
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