life vest
Noun
Meaning
life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design
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life jacket
cork jacket
Mae West
lifeboat
buoy
preserver
lifeline
life-preserver
life buoy
life belt
air jacket
lifejacket
flotation device
lifebelt
personal flotation device
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In a report released earlier this month, the NTSB said the pilot failed to give the plane’s passengers a required safety briefing, and that Fuddy was wearing a faulty infant life vest.
When I told him he could not go to the deep end of the pool because he could not swim, he put on a life vest and paddled to one end of the pool and back.