life raft
life raft noun: 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.
Noun
life raft (plural life rafts)
- 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.
- Something that provides help in a state of difficulty or despair.
- For Mr. Kim, a mediocre middle school student who was often in trouble, Stuyvesant, from which he graduated in 1993, was a life raft. Now, as the president of Stuyvesant’s alumni organization, an advocacy group with deep ties to politicians, he has one of the most powerful voices in the debate...2019 February 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Racist? Fair? Biased? Asian-American Alumni Debate Elite High School Admissions”, in The New York Times
life raft meaning in Tamil and Kannada
life raft in Tamil
- உயிர்காப்பு மிதவை
life raft in Kannada
- ಜೀವ ತೆಪ್ಪ
Forms of life raft
| plural | life rafts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | liferaft |
Origin of life raft
From life + raft.
Questions about life raft
- What does life raft mean?
- Life raft means 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.
- What is life raft in Tamil?
- Life raft in Tamil is உயிர்காப்பு மிதவை. See Life raft meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is life raft?
- Life raft is a noun.
- What is the plural of life raft?
- The plural of life raft is life rafts.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: life raft (page history and authors); life raft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); life raft (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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