life raft
A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in…A usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea.
» Tom was severely dehydrated after three days in a life raft.
Meaning
2 sensesA usually inflatable raft carried aboard a ship or airplane, used to save lives in case the vessel has to be abandoned in an emergency on the sea.
Rettungsinsel, Rettungsfloß
спаса́тельный плотspasátelʹnyj plot
a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
(figuratively)Something that provides help in a state of difficulty or despair.
Examples
2 sentencesTom was severely dehydrated after three days in a life raft.
I fainted from the heat, and when I came to, I was in a life raft.
Translations
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Origin
From life + raft.From life + raft.
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Forms
plural: life raftsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency:Carling float