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pushchair

pushchair

1 1.7
A small seat on wheels for pushing a baby or small child
  • noun
  • /ˈpʊʃˌtʃɛə/
  • UK
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  • I was standing one day in a queue in a post office in Camberwell, and a small child in a pushchair in the queue next to me kept throwing her doll away, much to her mother's annoyance.

We didn't end up purchasing pram or pushchair, whatever you called it today.

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Examples

  • So I'm doing a full workout right now, pushing the pushchair in the heat.

  • That was the sound from your child's pushchair being wheeled through the village at night.

  • I took the baby for a walk in the pushchair along the park pathway.

  • She carefully placed the groceries in the pushchair while keeping an eye on her sleeping child.

  • After visiting the market, I pushed the pushchair down the street to get home.

Synonyms

stroller
vspushchair
  • US
69 1.0

A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in

is for seating a child while being pushed rather than for lying down
carriage
vspushchair
  • Archaic
16 2.1

A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby

is for seating the child while being pushed rather than general wheeled vehicle
buggy
vspushchair
  • UK
9 1.6

A small wheeled seat for carrying a baby when you walk

is specifically for seating a child while pushed rather than any wheeled vehicle
baby carriage
vspushchair
  • US
8 1.4

A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting

focuses on seating the child rather than lying down transport
pram
vspushchair
  • UK
7 2.1

A small carriage on wheels for carrying a baby that you push

is intended for seated transport rather than mainly for lying down
pusher
vspushchair
  • Archaic
4 6.5

A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby

focuses on seating and pushing rather than carrying the child lying down
go-cart
vspushchair
  • US
3 2.5

A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children

is specifically for seating a child while pushed rather than any small wheeled cart
baby buggy
vspushchair
  • US
2 1.0

A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby

highlights seating while pushed rather than heavy lying carriage
perambulator
vspushchair
  • Archaic
1 8.9

A four-wheeled carriage that you push a baby in

is mainly for seating a child while pushed rather than for resting them
ambulator
vspushchair
  • Archaic
9.6

A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child

is intended for seating a child while pushed rather than for lying transport

How Comfortable

pram
  • UK
7 2.1
pushchair
  • UK
1 1.7
stroller
  • US
69 1.0

Surface Forms

pushchair singular
pushchairs plural

Morphology

pushchair = push + chair (transparent) = push + chair

The compound is directly interpretable as a chair that is pushed (i.e., a wheeled child seat), so learners who know 'push' and 'chair' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Pushchair comes from the two simple words push ('to move something by using force') and chair ('seat'), so it literally means a 'seat you push' for a child. That's why a pushchair is a small seat on wheels that adults use to push a baby or small child in.