Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A specially equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hospital establishment which accompanies an army in its movements in the field for the purpose of providing speedy assistance to soldiers wounded in battle.
- noun A two- or four-wheeled wagon constructed for conveying sick or wounded persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used adjectively
- noun An ambulance wagon or cart for conveying the wounded from the field, or to a hospital.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
emergency vehicle that transportssick orinjured people to ahospital . - noun military A
mobile field hospital .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The idea that the word "ambulance" comes from the Latin word to walk, "ambulare", proved particularly intriguing, as did the fact that the months July and August were named after the first two Roman emperors, Julius Caesar and Augustus.
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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett proposed cuts in ambulance service and layoffs of dozens of fire and rescue workers Tuesday as part of a bid to save $12.9 million this year in case a referendum on a county ambulance fee passes in November.
Leggett proposes cuts in Montgomery County public safety services Michael Laris 2010
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Until one morning my father grabbed at his chest, and opened his mouth like he was choking, and we called the ambulance, which arrived quickly, despite the rush-hour traffic, despite the twenty-five-mile-an-hour speed limit on our street.
The Adults Alison Espach 2011
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I called the ambulance and made arrangements for child care.
Torrey Shannon: Desperate "Housewives" Seek Help: Soldier Suicides Now at Epidemic Rate (VIDEO) Torrey Shannon 2011
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Nick told me what had happened and we called an ambulance.
History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011
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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett proposed cuts in ambulance service and layoffs of dozens of fire and rescue workers Tuesday as part of a bid to save $12.9 million this year in case a referendum on a county ambulance fee passes in November.
Leggett proposes cuts in Montgomery County public safety services Michael Laris 2010
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Jim Louro, a league safety officer for the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, said his league already pays emergency medical technicians to attend games and an ambulance is often on site.
Concussions In Sports: Athletes' Head Injuries Should Be Reviewed, Experts Say AP 2010
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But his breathing had become so labored she called an ambulance.
Faster Care for Blood Infection Laura Landro 2011
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Jim Louro, a league safety officer for the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, said his league already pays emergency medical technicians to attend games and an ambulance is often on site.
Concussions In Sports: Athletes' Head Injuries Should Be Reviewed, Experts Say AP 2010
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They called an ambulance, and it came screaming up to the house with its sirens on.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
plethora commented on the word ambulance
I have a friend who consistently pronounces this am-blee-ance.
I can't believe this posted three times. How irritating.
April 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ambulance
Plethora, if you "edit" your comment and repost it, you'll get a little "delete" option for a minute or so. You can delete some of your duplicate posts that way--if you were so inclined.
April 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word ambulance
Huzzah! You're my hero, c_b. I double posted a lot late last night and I was becoming incredibly annoyed with myself.
April 20, 2008
john commented on the word ambulance
Also the title of a tremendous song by TV on the Radio. This video doesn't do it justice; but it's well worth downloading the mps3.
I like how the manual for Wordie is spread out over a bunch of random words like "ambulance." Though I suppose people who don't know how to use the site are less amused. Perhaps a new tag is in order: faq.
April 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word ambulance
I like how it's spread out too, John. Picking up little tidbits at random intervals makes them easy to remember.
April 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word ambulance
Plethora, you're doing it again.
Plethora, you're (sort of) doing it again.
I must register mild dissent about the Wordie manual. Randomly scattering basic Wordie tips across the site like Easter eggs, with no discernible retrieval capacity, is not really quirkily charming. An FAQ page would be terrific, or appropriate deployment of an FAQ tag.
April 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word ambulance
Gah. I think it's because I'm used to much faster internet than I'm using at the moment. I did actually refresh this page to check if my edit had created a whole new comment, but it didn't show up :(
April 20, 2008
bilby commented on the word ambulance
The ambulance for people with slow illnesses.
September 28, 2008