Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA buoyant ring carried on board ships that can be thrown to someone in the water in an emergency to keep themselves afloat.
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nounbelt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
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safety beltsafety harness
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nouna life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian спасителен пояс
- спасителен пояс (spasitelen pojas)buoyant ring
Catalan salvavides
- salvavidesbuoyant ring
Chinese Mandarin 救生帶 /救生带, 救生圈
- 救生帶 /救生带 (jiùshēngdài)buoyant ring
- 救生圈 (jiùshēngjuān)buoyant ring
Czech záchranný kruh
- záchranný kruhbuoyant ring
Finnish pelastusrengas
- pelastusrengasbuoyant ring
French bouée de sauvetage
- bouée de sauvetagebuoyant ring
German Rettungsring
- Rettungsringbuoyant ring
Hungarian mentőöv
- mentőövbuoyant ring
Italian salvagente, ciambella di salvataggio
- salvagentebuoyant ring
- ciambella di salvataggiobuoyant ring
Japanese 浮き輪
- 浮き輪 (ukiwa)buoyant ring
Korean 구명부환, 구명부표
- 구명부환 (gumyeongbuhwan)buoyant ring
- 구명부표 (gumyeongbupyo)buoyant ring
- 구명(救命)부이 (gumyeongbu'i)buoyant ring
- 구명환 (gumyeonghwan)buoyant ring
Russian спаса́тельный круг
- спаса́тельный круг (spasátelʹnyj krug)buoyant ring
Scottish Gaelic crios-sàbhalaidh
- crios-sàbhalaidhbuoyant ring
Slovak záchranný kruh
- záchranný kruhbuoyant ring
Spanish salvavidas
- salvavidasbuoyant ring
Thai พวงชูชีพ
- พวงชูชีพbuoyant ring
Turkish can simidi
- can simidibuoyant ring
Ukrainian рятува́льне ко́ло, рятівне́ ко́ло
- рятува́льне ко́ло (rjatuválʹne kólo)buoyant ring
- рятівне́ ко́ло (rjativné kólo)buoyant ring
Vietnamese phao cứu sinh
- phao cứu sinhbuoyant ring
Welsh gwregys achub, gwregys nofio
- gwregys achubbuoyant ring
- gwregys nofiobuoyant ring
Cite this entry
APA
life belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20belt
MLA
“life belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20belt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life belt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20belt.
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