ambulance

Meanings

Noun

a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
A mobile field hospital.
A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
Synonym of covered wagon.

Verb

To transport by ambulance.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French ambulance, which replaced hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”) via the suffix -ance, from Latin ambulō (“to walk; to go about”).

Synonyms

covered wagon, private ambulance, stretcher

Scrabble Score: 15

ambulance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ambulance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ambulance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 21

ambulance is a valid Words With Friends word