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 Definitions of lifeboat  [ˈlaɪfˌboʊt]  

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Definition of 'lifeboat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) lifeboat
a ship's boat, designed to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.

Etymology:  (1795–1805)

Definition of 'lifeboat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) lifeboat
a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship


Definition of 'lifeboat' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) lifeboat
a boat used to rescue people from the ocean


Definition of 'lifeboat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) lifeboat
a strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people


Translation of 'lifeboat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a boat for saving shipwrecked people.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: reddingsboot Arabic flag Arabic: قارِب النَّجاه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спасителна лодка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: barco salva-vidas Czech flag Czech: záchranný člun German flag German: das Rettungsboot
Danish flag Danish: redningsbåd Greek flag Greek: σωσίβια λέμβος Spanish flag Spanish: bote salvavidas
Estonian flag Estonian: päästepaat Farsi flag Farsi: قایق نجات Finnish flag Finnish: pelastusvene
French flag French: canot de sauvetage Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִירַת הַצָלָה Hindi flag Hindi: (जीवन) रक्षा नाव
Croatian flag Croatian: čamac za spašavanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: mentőcsónak Indonesian flag Indonesian: perahu penolong
Icelandic flag Icelandic: björgunarbátur Italian flag Italian: scialuppa Japanese flag Japanese: 救助用ボート
Korean flag Korean: 구명정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gelbėjimosi valtis Latvian flag Latvian: glābšanas laiva
Malay flag Malay: bot penyelamat Dutch flag Dutch: reddingsboot Norwegian flag Norwegian: liv-/redningsbåt
Polish flag Polish: łódź ratunkowa Persian flag Persian: قایق نجات Pashto flag Pashto: د ژغورلو بيړى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: barco salva-vidas Romanian flag Romanian: barcă de salvare Russian flag Russian: спасательная лодка
Slovak flag Slovak: záchranný čln Slovenian flag Slovenian: rešilni čoln Serbian flag Serbian: čamac za spasavanje
Swedish flag Swedish: livbåt Thai flag Thai: เรือช่วยชีวิต Turkish flag Turkish: cankurtaran sandalı, kurt
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 救生艇 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рятувальний човен Urdu flag Urdu: مصیبت کے وقت ساحل سے سمند
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuyền cứu sinh Chinese flag Chinese: 救生艇

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