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
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
