lifeboat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

verb

/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/ /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ en-us-lifeboat.ogg

lifeboat lifeboats lifeboating lifeboated

From life + boat.

quarter boat rowboat raft

LEM lifeboat lifeboat ethics lifeboatism lifeboatman lifeboatsman LM lifeboat lunar lifeboat

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