life ring Meaning of "life ring"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material

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  1. Evinrude recently introduced the $279 Aquanaut, a gasoline engine that floats in its own air-filled life ring, pumps compressed, filtered air through two 25-ft.
  2. Nevertheless, Van der Post's haunting fragments of life ring with the passionate inquiry of a man desperately trying to make sense out of what has happened to him.
  3. These three, from the Spence, found themselves drifting separately and tied themselves together around a life ring.
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