life raft

See also: liferaft

English

Alternative forms

liferaft

Etymology

life +‎ raft

Noun

life raft (plural life rafts)

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.

Translations

inflatable raft

Chinese:
Mandarin: 救生筏 (zh) (jiùshēngfá)
Danish: redningsflåde c
Finnish: pelastuslautta (fi)
French: canot de sauvetage (fr) m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: redningsflåte m

Nynorsk: redningsflåte m
Russian: спаса́тельный плот m (spasátelʹnyj plot)

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