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Definition: Life Vest |
Life VestNoun1. 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 VestSynonyms: cork jacket (n), life jacket (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: life-saving (transportation, labor). |
Crosswords: Life Vest |
| English words defined with "life vest": buoy, buoy up. (references) |
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 | Hanging out on the fantail for those not on watch. Note crewman in hard and life vest working on over-the-stern operations. On the NOAA Ship McARTHUR during STAR 2000 operations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Lieutenant Wilson R. Bartlett, Senior Aviator of USS Chester (CA-27), walks forward on the cruiser's well deck to make his report, after returning from a flight spotting gunfire for the ship's bombardment of Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll. In the background is damage from the bomb hit sustained during a Japanese air attack at 0820 hrs. Also visible are the port wingtips of one of a SOC "Seagull" aircraft, with the open hangar beyond. The ship's port catapult "silo" is at right, dented by the bomb's blast. Note the pilot's uniform, "Mae West" life vest, binoculars and plotting board.Credit: NAVY. |
 | Disembarks from a Douglas AD-4N "Skyraider" aircraft, after being flown aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, 22 November 1950. He is being welcomed by the carrier's Commanding Officer, Captain Willard K. Goodney. Secretary Matthews was visiting Navy units involved in Korean War operations. Note his leather flight helmet and inflatable life vest.Credit: NAVY. |  | Wearing flight helmet, goggles and inflatable life vest, 1942-43.Credit: NAVY. |
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 vest | 449 |
dog life vest | 92 |
infant life vest | 61 |
child life vest | 42 |
neoprene life vest | 38 |
inflatable life vest | 24 |
stearns life vest | 22 |
toddler life vest | 14 |
pet life vest | 13 |
baby life vest | 12 |
jobe life vest | 6 |
slippery life vest | 6 |
approved coast guard life vest | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "life vest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | redningsvest (flotation jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zwemvest (flotation jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pelastusliivi (flotation jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gilet de sauvetage (life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schwimmweste (flotation jacket, jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giubbotto di sopravvivenza (flotation jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat), giubbotto di salvataggio (flotation jacket, life jacket, life saving waistcoat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ライト級 (competition, life, life cycle, life jacket, life science, 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 | ライフベスト . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ifelay estvay colete salva-vidas (flotation jacket, in life, life jacket, life saving waistcoat, lifeless). (various references) chaleco salvavidas (flotation jacket, life jacket, life preserver, life saving waistcoat). (various references) can yeleği (cork jacket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-l-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: evilest, felsite, festive, lefties, liefest, lievest, velites. | |
-2 letters: elites, evites, filets, fleets, fliest, flites, itself, levies, listee, livest, stifle, svelte, vilest. | |
-3 letters: elite, elves, evils, evite, feels, feist, felts, fetes, files, filet, fives, flees, fleet, flies, flite, flits, islet, istle, leets, lefts, lieve, lifts, lives, sieve, sleet, steel, stele, stile, teels, teles, tiles. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-i-l-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: festively. | |
+2 letters: afterlives. | |
+3 letters: interfluves. | |
+4 letters: festivalgoer, overinflates. | |
+5 letters: festivalgoers, reflexivities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 66 65 56 65 73 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01101001 01100110 01100101 00100000 01010110 01100101 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L i f e   V e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0069 0066 0065 0056 0065 0073 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46757271256718586 |
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