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LIFESAVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lifesaver mean?
• LIFESAVER (noun)
The noun LIFESAVER has 2 senses:
1. an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
2. a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
Familiarity information: LIFESAVER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lifeguard; lifesaver
Hypernyms ("lifesaver" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
life belt; life buoy; life ring; lifesaver
Hypernyms ("lifesaver" is a kind of...):
flotation device; life preserver; preserver (rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lifesaver"):
breeches buoy (a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship)
Context examples
Blood clotting is a lifesaver when you're bleeding, but gone awry, it causes heart attacks, strokes and other serious medical problems.
(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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