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am·bu·la·to·ry
 ambulatory
- pronunciation:
- aem
by
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
able to walk about.
This ward of the hospital has mostly ambulatory patients.It was at least six weeks before she was ambulatory again.- synonyms:
- walking
- antonyms:
- bedridden
- similar words:
- mobile, moving, pedestrian
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| definition 2: |
moving from place to place.
He had an ambulatory business which brought him up north at certain times of the year.- synonyms:
- itinerant, migratory, peripatetic, wayfaring
- similar words:
- nomadic, rambling, shifting, vagrant, wandering
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| definition 3: |
related to walking.
They sell ambulatory devices such as walkers and canes. |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
ambulatories |
| definition 1: |
in architecture, a covered walkway in a cloister.
- synonyms:
- passageway, walkway
- similar words:
- corridor, hallway, passage
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| definition 2: |
in architecture, an aisle around the end of a church's choir section.
- similar words:
- aisle
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| related words: |
gallery |
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