lifebuoy

See also: life-buoy and life buoy

English

Noun

lifebuoy (plural lifebuoys)

1. Alternative spelling of life buoy
   • 1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar:

     The gray rock mocked me, bobbing on the water easy as a lifebuoy.

   • 2001, Yann Martel, Life Of Pi:

     There was a lifebuoy in the boat with a rope tied to it.

   • 2019, Kate Atkinson, Big Sky, →ISBN, page 156:

     'News?' Andy said, reaching for the lifebuoy of the coffee pot.