lifeboat
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/
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Noun edit
lifeboat (plural lifeboats)
- (nautical) 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).
- 1971, Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith (lyrics and music), “Halo of Flies”, in Killer, performed by Alice Cooper:
- I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat
- (science fiction) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
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a boat to save shipwrecked people
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Verb edit
lifeboat (third-person singular simple present lifeboats, present participle lifeboating, simple past and past participle lifeboated)