Lifeboat

//ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt//

Synonyms for "lifeboat" (42 found)

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Translations

34 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

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  • قَارِب نَجَاةَ noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Bulgarian

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  • спасителна лодка noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Catalan

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  • bot salvavides noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 救生船 noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)
  • 救生艇 noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Czech

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  • záchranný člun noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Dutch

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  • reddingsboot noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Finnish

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  • pelastusvene noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

French

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  • radeau de survie noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

German

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  • Rettungsboot noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Gujarati

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  • જીવાહોડી noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Hebrew

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  • סירת הצלה noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Hungarian

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  • mentőcsónak noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Icelandic

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  • björgunarbátur noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Indonesian

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  • sekoci noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Italian

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  • scialuppa noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Japanese

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  • 救命ボート noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Latvian

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  • glābšanas laivas noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Māori

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  • poti kārewa noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)
  • poti whakaora noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Norman

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  • baté d'sauvetage noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • livbåt noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • livbåt noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Polish

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  • łódź ratunkowa noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Portuguese

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  • barco salva-vidas noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Russian

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  • спаса́тельная ло́дка noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • bàta-sàbhalaidh noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)
  • bàta-teasairginn noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • čamac za spasavanje noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)
  • чамац за спасавање noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Spanish

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  • bote salvavidas noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Swedish

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  • livbåt noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Thai

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  • เรือชูชีพ noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Vietnamese

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  • xuồng cứu sinh noun (a boat to save shipwrecked people)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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There was no room for Leonardo DiCaprio on the lifeboat.

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Large ships are all equipped with a lifeboat.

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There's only space for ten people in the lifeboat.

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As the waves crested about them, Tom and Mary clung desperately to the gunwales of their lifeboat.

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