"life raft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: life rafts [plural]
Etymology: life + raft Etymology templates: {{compound|en|life|raft}} life + raft Head templates: {{en-noun}} life raft (plural life rafts)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Watercraft Synonyms: liferaft Related terms: lifeboat Translations (inflatable raft): 救生筏 (jiùshēngfá) (Chinese Mandarin), redningsflåde [common-gender] (Danish), pelastuslautta (Finnish), canot de sauvetage [masculine] (French), Rettungsinsel [feminine] (German), Rettungsfloß [neuter] (German), 救命いかだ (kyūmei ikada) (alt: きゅうめいいかだ) (Japanese), redningsflåte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), redningsflåte [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), спаса́тельный плот (spasátelʹnyj plot) [masculine] (Russian), livbåt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-life_raft-en-noun-SiGikACU Disambiguation of Watercraft: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'inflatable raft': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) Something that provides help in a state of difficulty or despair. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-life_raft-en-noun-JxJIDFo1

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