wheelchair

• wheel-chair

From wheel +‎ chair.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/

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wheelchair (plural wheelchairs)

1. A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
   • 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, page 9:

     "And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."

2. (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
3. (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”, in 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.

• See wheelchairbound. The expressions bound to a wheelchair and confined to a wheelchair are both inaccurate and offensive, as wheelchairs are intended as freedom enhancers.

• → Persian: ویلچر (vilčer)

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