life raft

1. 1.

   a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency

   SynonymsCarling float

   Broaderraft

Questions about life raft

What does life raft mean?

life raft means "a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency".

What is another word for life raft?

Close synonyms include Carling float. 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 raft a common word?

life raft 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.