lifeboat

CEFRB2

/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A boat used to rescue people from a sinking ship.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

Examples

  • Large ships are all equipped with a lifeboat.

  • There was no room for Leonardo DiCaprio on the lifeboat.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To rescue; to carry to safety

  2. 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).

More examples

In context

  • I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

When the ship started sinking, the crew launched the blank to rescue passengers.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From life + boat.