life raft
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
life raft
Where it comes from
From life + raft.
noun life rafts · liferaft
- 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.
- Something that provides help in a state of difficulty or despair. For Mr. Kim, a mediocre middle school student who was often in trouble, Stuyvesant, from which he graduated in 1993, was a life raft. Now, as the president of Stuyvesant’s alumni organization, an advocacy group with deep ties to politicians, he has one of the most powerful voices in the debate about
Translations
Every language
noun inflatable raft
| 日本語 | 救命いかだ kyūmei ikada |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 救生筏 jiùshēngfá |
| Français | canot de sauvetage |
| Deutsch | Rettungsinsel, Rettungsfloß |
| Русский | спаса́тельный плот spasátelʹnyj plot |
Talk about this word "life raft." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/life%20raft. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. life raft. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/life%20raft "life raft." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/life%20raft.
Cite this
MLA
APA
Chicago
BibTeX
@misc{life_raft_2026,
title = {life raft},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/life%20raft},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
