Lifeboat

Noun

 * 1) a boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Synonyms

 * quarter boat
 * rowboat
 * scull
 * raft

Thesaurus
Mae West, air-sea rescue, bolt-hole, breeches buoy, buoy, coast guard, cork jacket, ejection capsule, ejection seat, ejector seat, emergency exit, escape hatch, fire escape, inflatable slide, life belt, life buoy, life jacket, life net, life preserver, life raft, life ring, life vest, lifeguard, lifeline, lifesaver, parachute, rescuer, rubber dinghy, safety belt, sally port, savior, slide, water wings

Etymology
From life + boat.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: radeau de survie
 * German:
 * Hebrew: סירת הצלה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: björgunarbátur


 * Indonesian: sekoci
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 救命ボート
 * Latvian: glābšanas laivas
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: łódź ratunkowa
 * Russian: спасательная лодка
 * Spanish: bote salvavidas
 * Swedish: