What does LIFEBOAT mean?

Definitions for LIFEBOAT
ˈlaɪfˌboʊtlifeboat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lifeboatnoun

    a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship

Wiktionary

  1. lifeboatnoun

    a boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

  2. Etymology: From life + boat.

ChatGPT

  1. lifeboat

    A lifeboat is a small, specially designed boat used for saving lives, usually in emergencies such as the sinking of a ship. It is equipped with safety and survival gear and can be launched from a larger vessel to transport passengers to safety. Lifeboats are typically found on sea vessels like cruise ships, ferries, or other large watercraft.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lifeboatnoun

    a strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIFEBOAT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIFEBOAT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of LIFEBOAT in a Sentence

  1. Andy Saunders:

    Step into the boots of Commander Jim Lovell (hand, left) as he keeps watch over his ship and crew as they try to rest in the cold, dark Lunar Module lifeboat.

  2. Janos Lazar:

    If we do not take meaningful steps, we will become a lifeboat that sinks beneath the weight of those clinging onto it.

  3. David Williams:

    They got a lifeboat, they're going to have to get this pork from somewhere.

  4. Thomas Monaco:

    The growing investment in risky, higher-return assets is the Titanic, and when it goes down it will take more than one lifeboat, the real problem for insurance companies is that the overall investment yields are coming down in China, so they are going out of the credit risk curve. They are going for higher interest rate bets, and a lot of them could go bad.

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