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lifeboat Definition

life·boat (-bōt′)

noun

  1. a strong, seaworthy boat kept in readiness on the shore for use in rescuing people in danger of drowning
  2. one of the small boats carried by a ship for use if the ship must be abandoned

lifeboat Synonyms

lifeboat

n.

quarter boat, rowboat, ship's boat, liferaft; see boat, raft.

lifeboat Usage Examples

Possessives

  • ship: On their third run, they took the ship's lifeboat in tow with luggage they had saved.

Converse of object

  • launch: There would be no time to launch the lifeboats, call for help of even say goodbye.
  • lower: The crew struggled for some time to lower a lifeboat which had jammed.
  • enclose: So far three sail, including the Lady Anne, and a replica enclosed lifeboat.
  • assist: Hamble Inshore Lifeboat then assisted by taking them on to Port Hamble, to where the cruiser, was also towed.
  • locate: The lifeboat soon located the vessel south east of Chichester Bar.

Adjective modifier

  • inshore: Today the offshore lifeboat station is at the end of the pier, whilst the inshore lifeboat operates from the beach.
  • all-weather: An emergency call from a member of the public alerted the Coastguard, who immediately requested the Torbay inshore and all-weather lifeboats to launch.
  • starboard: Soon after leaving the dock we anchored for a safety drill including launching the starboard lifeboat.
  • offshore: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has supplied a series of boats, the last offshore lifeboat being the ' Manchester Unity of Oddfellows ' .

Modifies a noun

  • davit: The promenade decks aboard the Gustloff with her lifeboat gantry davits high above.
  • crew: A number of the lifeboat crew suffered minor injuries.
  • heroine: There is a memorial in the churchyard to the Northumbrian lifeboat heroine, Grace Darling.
  • drill: They started in Monte ' with the perfect antidote for a New Year hangover in the form of a lifeboat drill for everybody.
  • station: His studio is a former lifeboat station on the North coast of Cornwall.
  • disaster: The Great Lifeboat Disaster of 1886 B y J. Allen Miller; new edition by Andrew Farthing.

Noun used with modifier

  • stromness: Injured crewman hospitalized A crew member who had injured his fingers was taken off a fishing boat by the Stromness Lifeboat on Wednesday.
  • inflatable: Recently my wife and I saw the small inflatable lifeboats launched from the Tynemouth life boat and practicing for in shore rescues.
  • motor: It became apparent only a motor lifeboat could attempt a rescue of the remaining people on the wreck.
  • class: All cash raised on the day will go toward a new £ 2.5m Tamar class lifeboat for the RNLI lifeboat station at Angle.