Meaning

1 senses
  1. A buoyant ring carried on board ships that can be thrown to someone in the water in an emergency to keep themselves afloat.

    Rettungsring

    спаса́тельный кругspasátelʹnyj krug

    рятува́льне ко́лоrjatuválʹne kólo, рятівне́ ко́лоrjativné kólo

More definitions
  • belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
  • a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
buoyant ring:
Русский
By meaning 1
buoyant ring:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
buoyant ring:

Forms

plural: life belts

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt:safety beltsafety harness
  • a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material:life buoylifesaverlife ring

See also

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