lifeboat
(noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lifeboat (plural lifeboats)
(nautical) 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)
(scifi) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship
• quarter boat, rowboat, raft
lifeboat (third-person singular simple present lifeboats, present participle lifeboating, simple past and past participle lifeboated)
To rescue; to carry to safety
Source: Wiktionary
Life"boat`, n.
Definition: A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 February 2025
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
