lifeboat

Meanings

Noun

A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

Verb

To rescue; to carry to safety

Related

Similar words

quarter boat, rowboat, raft

Origin

From life + boat.

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