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private ambulance

private ambulance noun: a privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.

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Noun

private ambulance (plural private ambulances)

  1. (UK, strictly) A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
  2. (UK, broadly) Any vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons.
  3. (UK) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, ambulance.

Forms of private ambulance

pluralprivate ambulances

Origin of private ambulance

From private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownership of the UK's National Health Service.

Questions about private ambulance

What does private ambulance mean?
Private ambulance means a privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
What part of speech is private ambulance?
Private ambulance is a noun.
What is the plural of private ambulance?
The plural of private ambulance is private ambulances.

Words near private ambulance in the dictionary

  1. privatdocents
  2. privatdozent
  3. privatdozenten
  4. privatdozents
  5. private
  6. private ambulance
  7. private ambulances
  8. private area
  9. private areas
  10. private attorney general
  11. private attorney generals

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