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lifeboats

lifeboats is the plural of lifeboat.

Meaning of lifeboat

Noun

lifeboat (plural lifeboats)

  1. 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).
    • I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat1971, Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, “Halo of Flies”, in Killer, performed by Alice Cooper
  2. An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.

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Phrases with lifeboats

Questions about lifeboats

What is lifeboats the plural of?
Lifeboats is the plural of lifeboat.

Words near lifeboats in the dictionary

  1. lifeboathouses
  2. lifeboating
  3. lifeboatism
  4. lifeboatman
  5. lifeboatmen
  6. lifeboats
  7. lifeboatsman
  8. lifeboatsmen
  9. lifebuoy
  10. lifebuoys
  11. lifecar

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