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Definition of "wheel-chair" []

  • A chair or chair-like structure mounted on wheels; a Bath chair; an invalid's chair. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "wheel-chair" in a sentence
  • "Let it be remembered that Democrats ran ads of an animated, wheel-chair bound, granny being pushed down a flight of stairs when the Republicans suggested that the rate of growth in Medicare spending be trimmed, in the mid-90s."
  • "Sax Kari emerges as the circuit's wheel-chair historian and ultimate workhorse, with a résumé that includes leading a swing band in the early 1940s and composing the soundtrack for a late '70s blaxploitation film, "Super Soul Brother.""
  • "New addition to the downtown cast Kristine Nielsen, as the historian recounting Jackson's reign, gives her standard dithering, hands a-flutter performance, only this time in a wheel-chair."
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