RESCUE EQUIPMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rescue equipment mean? 

• RESCUE EQUIPMENT (noun)
  The noun RESCUE EQUIPMENT has 1 sense:

1. equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency

  Familiarity information: RESCUE EQUIPMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESCUE EQUIPMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rescue equipment" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rescue equipment"):

flotation device; life preserver; preserver (rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning)

chute; parachute (rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall)