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Definition: Life Jacket |
Life JacketNoun1. Life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Life JacketSynonyms: cork jacket (n), life vest (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: life-saving (transportation, labor). |
Crosswords: Life Jacket |
| English words defined with "life jacket": air jacket ♦ cork jacket ♦ life vest ♦ Mae West. (references) |
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 | Crewmen on USS Boston (CA-69) consume night rations after repelling a Japanese torpedo plane attack in the darkness off Formosa, 14 October 1944. The men are (from left to right): Storekeeper 3rd Class J.F. Livingston; Coxwain H. Lowe; Seaman 1st Class K.A. Kalajian; and Seaman 2nd Class F.L. Dugan. Note stretchers serving as seats, Dugan's life jacket and helmet (with liner).Credit: NAVY. |  | Mitchell Field. Eagle ready for battle. An American pursuit pilot in combat gear climbs into his plane. His flying equipment includes a combined oxygen mask and throat-type microphone, headphones, parachute and Mae West life jacket.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
life jacket | 1,213 |
dog life jacket | 163 |
infant life jacket | 89 |
child life jacket | 49 |
stearns life jacket | 28 |
neoprene life jacket | 26 |
inflatable life jacket | 19 |
jobe life jacket | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "life jacket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | jelek shpëtimi (life preserver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صدار النجاة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спасителна жилетка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | záchranná vesta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | redningsvest (flotation jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zwemvest (flotation jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pelastusliivi (flotation jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gilet de sauvetage (life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwimmweste (flotation jacket, jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωσίβιο (life belt, life preserver, lifebelt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ח'ורת "צל" (life preserver, lifebelt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mentõmellény (life preserver), mentõkabát. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giubbotto di sopravvivenza (flotation jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest), giubbotto di salvataggio (flotation jacket, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ライト級 (competition, life, life cycle, life science, life vest, lifeboat, life-cycle energy, life-service, life-size, life-style, lifetime, lightweight, line drive, liner, liner notes, lining, linotype, ride, rifle, rival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ライフジャケット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ifelay acketjay salva-vidas (buoy, corkjacket, lifeboat, ship's lifeboat), colete salva-vidas (flotation jacket, in life, life saving waistcoat, life vest, lifeless). (various references) спасательный жилет (life-jacket). (various references) pojas za spasavanje (life belt, life preserver, life saver, lifebelt). (various references) chaleco salvavidas (flotation jacket, life preserver, life saving waistcoat, life vest). (various references) flytväst (life preserver). (various references) cankurtaran yeleği (mae west). (various references) рятувальний жилет. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-j-k-l-t" | |
-3 letters: catlike, fatlike, jetlike, tealike. | |
-4 letters: atelic, ejecta, facete, facile, fecial, fetial, fickle, jacket, tackle, talkie, tickle. | |
-5 letters: ackee, alike, calif, cleat, cleek, cleft, clift, eclat, eject, elate, elect, elite, facet, fecal, fetal, filet, flack, flake, fleck, fleet, flick, flite, ileac, kalif, latke, telae, telia, telic, tical, tilak. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 66 65 4A 61 63 6B 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01001010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i f e   J a c k e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0066 0065 004A 0061 0063 006B 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467572712446769777186 |
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