A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
Used in a Sentence
wheelchair
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wheelchair.
Editorial note
It is a pod, so wheelchair access will involve stowing the wheelchair, just like a car or seated bus.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of wheelchair gathered in one view.
to move using a wheelchair
(attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for wheelchair.
noun
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
verb
to move using a wheelchair
noun
(attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
noun
(by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
Example sentences
It is a pod, so wheelchair access will involve stowing the wheelchair, just like a car or seated bus.
Not all wheelchair users can leave the wheelchair for a normal seat though.
Just as logical as saying that if the wheelchair-bound were better at walking, they wouldn't be in wheelchairs.
Actually, lack of money seemed to play the same role as presence of wheelchair in the above...
No, the analogy was intended to compare a condition (poverty) with another (paralysis), not a tool (money) with another (wheelchair).
And it utterly fails anyone in a wheelchair, pushing a pram, lugging a heavy suitcase etc.
Thought experiment: Bram moves to Washington DC, where the air is cleaner than in Delhi, but is instead shot in a mugging gone wrong and permanently confined to a wheelchair.
You don't throw someone on a wheelchair on their feet and hope it goes well.
But the fact is, I do have a disability and it's the cognitive equivalent of asking a person in a wheelchair to use steps to get to work.
Asking if it 'implements' keyboard accessibility is like asking if a box of hardware tools implements wheelchair accessibility – it might be possible to build something wheelchair-accessible using the toolbox, but that's up to you.
A user with a wheelchair or power chair needs to able to get in and out of the self driving car with zero assistance.
You can barely stand on most tube trains, so good luck getting the pram on board (and god help you if you need a wheelchair).
Quote examples
I know the american legal system is pretty much fucked, but surely even you lot would have to accept that putting a folded wheelchair into the boot/trunk of a car is "reasonable accommodation".
I'd really like to see you try and claim that loading a folded-up wheelchair that the occupant themselves regularly loads into a car on her own, is "overly burdensome".
"Just as logical as saying that if the wheelchair-bound were better at walking, they wouldn't be in wheelchairs." Yeah, that's a good analogy to show my point.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use wheelchair in a sentence?
It is a pod, so wheelchair access will involve stowing the wheelchair, just like a car or seated bus.
What does wheelchair mean?
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
What part of speech is wheelchair?
wheelchair is commonly used as noun, verb.