(military) A mobile field hospital.
“sometimes the helicopter crew has to land miles away then take a regular ambulance with the patient the rest of the way sometimes the hospital turns down patients because of the hassle of coordinating landings and care sometimes patients go by ground taking more time”
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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“Ambulance arriveert met spoed op Tsjaikovskistraat in Capelle aan den IJssel. Geen eerdere meldingen bekend.”
“Ambulance met spoed naar Bilderdijkstraat in Capelle aan den IJssel. Geen eerdere meldingen bekend.”
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(UK) A vehicle used for the transportation of dead people, typically to a mortuary.
“Ambulance is met spoed uitgerukt naar de Prinsenlaan in Rotterdam. Verdere details zijn nog niet bekend.”
“Remember on Thursday that Labour in Wales, after nearly 30 years in power run the worst ambulance service in the UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/29/a...”
“Ambulance is uitgerukt naar de Salvador Allendestraat in Rotterdam. Hulpdiensten zijn ter plaatse.”
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An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
"ambulance" means: An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"ambulance" means: An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Ambulance is naar Narcissenweg in Bleiswijk gestuurd voor een onbekend incident. Geen eerdere meldingen bekend.”
“Ambulance is uitgerukt naar Schoutplein in Vlaardingen voor een medische noodsituatie. Verdere details zijn nog onbekend.”
“NEWS: Richard de Coverly is a paramedic and head of operations at the air ambulance charity that covers Kent. He says increasing fuel costs are a real worry #kmfmnews”
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