life-saving raft

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• life raft — life ,raft noun count a small rubber boat used for saving people whose boat is sinking …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• life raft — noun a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency • Syn: ↑Carling float • Hypernyms: ↑raft * * * noun : a very buoyant raft usually made of wood or an inflatable material and designed to be used by people forced into the water (as… …   Useful english dictionary

• life raft — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms life raft : singular life raft plural life rafts a small rubber boat used for saving people whose boat is sinking …   English dictionary

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