life raft

Alternative forms

 * liferaft

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Something that provides help in a state of difficulty or despair.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: redningsflåde
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Rettungsfloß
 * Japanese: 救命いかだ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: redningsflåte
 * Nynorsk: redningsflåte
 * Russian: спаса́тельный плот
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: