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GURNEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gurney mean?
• GURNEY (noun)
The noun GURNEY has 1 sense:
1. a metal stretcher with wheels
Familiarity information: GURNEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metal stretcher with wheels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gurney" is a kind of...):
stretcher (a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles)
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