ambulance
ambulance
Definition
am·bu·lance (am′byə ləns, -byo̵̅o̅-)
noun
- Obsolete a mobile field hospital
- a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded
Etymology: Fr < (hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see amble
ambulance
Synonyms
ambulance
n.
ambulance
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- summon: A further feature of the case was that the parents did not immediately summon an ambulance.
- call: Should he rescue her, call an ambulance or walk on by?
- equip: It's a bit like the old health promotion adage about having a beautifully equipped ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
- wait: He was arrested and was led to a waiting ambulance soon after.
- await: He carries her to the infirmary to await an ambulance to take her for an X-ray.
Converse of subject
- evacuate: The diver was evacuated by air ambulance to Aberdeen.
Adjective modifier
- paramedic: Some of this equipment is the same as that used in paramedic ambulances, some has been produced specifically for mountain rescue.
Preposition: on
- standby: They did, and he did â with an ambulance on standby.
Modifies a noun
- crew: At the scene, ambulance crews treated four patients in total.
- paramedic: Safety of patients traveling to the ERI by ambulance Paramedics can stabilize patient on the way to hospital.
- chaser: Don't bother with these ambulance chasers, just ask for a claim form from the bus company.
- siren: Seven Ambulance ( 1990 ) A clinically white room with smoothly finished walls is filled with the noise of an ambulance siren.
- technician: The recent advert for an ambulance technician or paramedic has drawn some local applicants who were to be interviewed.
- trust: First, can she justify the matrix system used by the ambulance trust?
Noun used with modifier
- air: The cost of being carried back to England in an air ambulance from the US West Coast is around £ 40,000!
- front-line: Airwave also makes it possible to deliver a wide range of highly resilient and secure data services to front-line ambulances.
- emergency: Will I be covered for emergency air ambulance back home?
- frontline: Ambulance staff on move Teesside's frontline ambulance staff are set for a new £ 500,000 home.
- helicopter: This midlands based charity provides three helicopter ambulances giving emergency cover over 11 counties.
- NHS: The airport based air ambulance is on call during daylight hours 365 days a year to support the regular NHS ambulance service.
ambulance Quotes
There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance.Visitors who wish to remain inconspicuous are advised to choose the latter.
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