life belt

Questions about life belt

What does life belt mean?

life belt means "belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for life belt?

Close synonyms include safety belt, safety harness, life buoy, lifesaver, life ring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is life belt a common word?

life belt is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.