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Wheelchair

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
  2. Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
  3. Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.

Equivalents

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Examples

“"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."”
“To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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