life preserver
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life preserver
noun life preservers · life-preserver · lifepreserver
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A buoyant ring or vest intended to keep a person afloat.
; (buoyant vest) see life jacket
Similar: life buoy
- A short club with a weighted end. Here's your crowbar / And your centre-bit; / Your life-preserver— / You may want to hit!
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, preserver. In such cases, the story is told to illustrate some main truth, which, in this case, is the beer-drinking habit of the people. By this faith, that beer is a life preserver, the English live, and by this they die.
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noun buoyant ring or vest — see also life belt, life jacket
| Español | salvavidas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구명부환 gumyeongbuhwan, 구명부표 gumyeongbupyo, 구명(救命)부이 gumyeongbu'i, 구명환 gumyeonghwan |
| 日本語 | 浮き輪 ukiwa |
| 中文 | 救生浮袋 jiùshēng fúdài, 救生器 jiùshēngqì, 救生圈 jiùshēngquān |
| Português | boia salva-vidas |
| Français | gilet de sauvetage, bouée de sauvetage |
| Deutsch | Rettungsweste, Rettungsring, Rettungsreifen |
| Italiano | salvagente, ciambella di salvataggio |
| Ελληνικά | σωσίβιο sosívio |
| Română | colac de salvare, vestă de salvare |
| Русский | спаса́тельный жиле́т spasátelʹnyj žilét, спаса́тельный круг spasátelʹnyj krug |
| Tiếng Việt | phao cứu sinh |
| العربية | سُتْرَةُ نَجَاةٍ sutratu najātin, سُتْرَةُ النَجَاةِ sutratu al-najāti, طَوْفُ نَجَاةٍ ṭawfu najātin, طَوْفُ النَجَاةِ ṭawfu al-najāti |
| עברית | גלגל הצלה galgál hatsalá |
Talk about this word "life preserver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/life%20preserver. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. life preserver. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/life%20preserver "life preserver." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/life%20preserver.Cite this
@misc{life_preserver_2026,
title = {life preserver},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/life%20preserver},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
