life raft

noun

: a raft usually made of wood or an inflatable material and designed for use by people forced into the water

Examples of life raft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Edghill said the vessel was fitted with 250 life jackets, two rigid life rafts and six inflatable life rafts. — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

The Oceania Football Confederation would be underwater without FIFA’s financial life rafts, likewise Concacaf’s large Caribbean contingent. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 16 July 2026

About 70 minutes after the collision, the abandon-ship order was issued, allowing the life rafts to be launched. — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed. — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for life raft

• allograft
• autograft
• autographed
• countershaft
• handicraft
• homograft
• hovercraft
• lithographed
• overdraft
• photographed
• rotorcraft
• telegraphed

Kids Definition

life raft

noun

: a raft designed for use by people forced into the water