life-preserver

Noun

Meaning

An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

life preserver

Synonyms

flotation device Mae West buoy preserver lifeline lifesaver life jacket life buoy life belt life vest cork jacket air jacket lifebelt personal flotation device rubber ring
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Hypernyms

float rescue equipment

Hyponyms

lifesaver life jacket life buoy life belt life vest life ring

Examples

Perhaps the government, with self-interest and self-preservation being paramount, would have concluded that there was more political capital to be gained, or at least retained, by casting a life preserver toward the CFL. Source: Internet

For this reason, Israel has clung to the Road Map as a life preserver. Source: Internet

In our latitudes, every customer in a whale-watching RIB is likely to be wearing a floatation suit that serves as a life preserver and a survival suit. Source: Internet

She’ll talk it up, but Billy will balk, saying that this isn’t a real job offer, it’s just a life preserver that she’s throwing at someone who’s drowning. Source: Internet

Dawson was not wearing a life preserver during Sunday night's outing with his family on a rented boat. Source: Internet

His friends could not find a life preserver on the pier. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

life-of-man life-or-death life-or-death game life-saving life-saving jacket life-saving measures for heart failure