- life vest
- nounlife preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design• Syn: ↑life jacket, ↑cork jacket• Hypernyms: ↑life preserver, ↑preserver, ↑flotation device• Hyponyms: ↑Mae West, ↑air jacket
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noun: a life preserver designed as a vestlike garment of buoyant or inflatable material — compare mae west* * *
life vest,= life jacket. (Cf. ↑life jacket)* * *
noun, pl ⋯ vests [count]US : ↑life jacket* * *
= ↑life jacket
Useful english dictionary. 2012.