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ambulances

ambulances is the plural of ambulance.

ambulances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ambulance.

Meaning of ambulance

Noun

ambulance (plural ambulances)

  1. An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
    • The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.2025 December 12, Tobi Thomas, Denis Campbell, “NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases”, in The Guardian
  2. A mobile field hospital.
  3. (UK) A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
  4. (UK, obsolete) Synonym of stretcher, a litter used for medical transport.
    Synonyms:
    stretcher
  5. (US, obsolete) Synonym of covered wagon.
    Synonyms:
    covered wagon

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Questions about ambulances

What is ambulances the plural of?
Ambulances is the plural of ambulance.

Words near ambulances in the dictionary

  1. ambulancepeople
  2. ambulanceperson
  3. ambulancepersons
  4. ambulancer
  5. ambulancers
  6. ambulances
  7. ambulancewoman
  8. ambulancewomen
  9. ambulancier
  10. ambulanciers
  11. ambulancing

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