- lifeboat
- noun Date: 1801 a sturdy buoyant boat (as one carried by a ship) for use in an emergency and especially in saving lives at sea
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Lifeboat — may refer to:* Lifeboat (shipboard), a small craft aboard a ship to allow for emergency escape * Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues (predominantly used in the United Kingdom and Ireland) * Lifeboat (film), a 1944 movie directed by … Wikipedia
Lifeboat — est un film américain réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock, sorti en 1944. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film … Wikipédia en Français
lifeboat — life‧boat [ˈlaɪfbəʊt ǁ boʊt] noun [countable] informal JOURNALISM something that will help companies or investors that are losing money: • If there s a recession, we will have no financial lifeboat. * * * lifeboat UK US /ˈlaɪfbəʊt/ noun [C] ► … Financial and business terms
Lifeboat — Título 8 a la deriva (Argentina) Náufragos (España) Ficha técnica Dirección Alfred Hitchcock Guion John Steinbeck … Wikipedia Español
Lifeboat — Life boat (l[imac]f b[=o]t ), n. A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lifeboat — Drame psychologique d Alfred Hitchcock, avec Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak. Pays: États Unis Date de sortie: 1944 Technique: noir et blanc Durée: 1 h 36 Résumé Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale,… … Dictionnaire mondial des Films
lifeboat — /laifˈbot, ingl. ˈlaɪfˌbəut/ [vc. ingl., comp. di life «vita» e boat «barca, battello»] s. f. inv. (mar.) scialuppa di salvataggio … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
lifeboat — (izg. làjfbout) m DEFINICIJA pom. čamac za spašavanje smješten na brodu ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
lifeboat — ► NOUN 1) a specially constructed boat launched from land to rescue people in distress at sea. 2) a small boat kept on a ship for use in an emergency … English terms dictionary
lifeboat — [līf′bōt΄] n. 1. a strong, seaworthy boat kept in readiness on the shore for use in rescuing people in danger of drowning 2. one of the small boats carried by a ship for use if the ship must be abandoned … English World dictionary
lifeboat — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ motor ▪ inshore, offshore (both BrE) VERB + LIFEBOAT ▪ get into, man, take to ▪ … Collocations dictionary
