LIFEBOAT


Meaning of LIFEBOAT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ motor

▪ inshore , offshore (both BrE )

VERB + LIFEBOAT

▪ get into , man , take to

The crew took to the ~s.

▪ call out ( BrE )

The ~ was called out five times in the January storms.

▪ launch

LIFEBOAT + VERB

▪ be stationed …  ( BrE )

The ~ is stationed just along the coast from here.

LIFEBOAT + NOUN

▪ service ( BrE )

▪ crew ( BrE )

▪ station

PREPOSITION

▪ aboard a/the ~ , on board a/the ~

two survivors on board the ~

▪ in a/the ~ , on a/the ~

There was only room for ten people in the ~.

Lifeboat is used before these nouns: ↑ crew , ↑ station

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