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pushchair

UK/ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/US/ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

Other forms: pushchairs

A pushchair is the folding seat a small child is pushed in. Fold up the pushchair.

The test of one is whether it folds with a child on your other arm. A pushchair at exhaust height is one of the reasons cities worry about air quality.

Amaury Laporte · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of pushchair

  1. 1nounpushchairThe folding seat a small child is pushed in.B1

    “The pushchair went on the bus and blocked the whole aisle.”

pushchair is a vehicle.

Also accepted in games: stroller

Where it comes from

From push + chair.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Babies & Growing Up

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pushchair in the wild

  • In 2016, The Welsh Government funded the installation of reinforced glass fibre 'humps' on the platforms to improve access for wheelchair and pushchair users onto and off trains.

    Llwyngwril railway station

  • A stroller, also known as a pushchair or buggy (British English), is a wheeled device used for transporting infants and young children.

    Stroller

  • Strollers used for older children that are capable of sitting may be referred to as a buggy or pushchair.

    Stroller

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.