lifeboats

/L AY1 F B OW0 T S/
noun
  1. 1

    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)

  2. 2

    An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship

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