Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

private ambulance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
pri-vate am-bu-lance
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

British usage

noun

Any vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons.

British usage

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, ambulance.

British usage

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

private ambulances (plural)

Questions

What does private ambulance mean?
A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
Where does private ambulance come from?
From private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownership of the UK's National Health Service.

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