Words / B1

PUSHCH-air/ˈpʊʃtʃeə/

A pushchair is a folding chair on wheels for a baby or toddler (UK; also a buggy; US stroller). A pram is usually flatter for a newborn lying down; a wheelchair is for someone who cannot walk far. Clinics: fold the pushchair in the waiting room; it is not allowed in the treatment cubicle.

Meaning

A folding chair on wheels for a baby or toddler (UK; also a buggy; US stroller).

Examples

• “Fold the pushchair in the clinic waiting room; it is not allowed in the treatment cubicle.”
• “A pushchair on the nursery placement still needs the named harness done up; a shopping trolley is not a seat.”

Good to know

a pushchair (UK). Close: a buggy. US: a stroller. Contrast: a pram / a wheelchair. NHS / nursery. Countable. Mix-up: to push is the verb; the chair is a pushchair.

Near in meaning

buggy

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