An object used to provide or maintain buoyancy in water.
all who remain missing are believed to be wearing flotation devices
Example sentencesExamples
- A team of candidate divers prepare to enter the water to raise a sunken vehicle using floatation devices.
- With a leash, the user will not become separated from the flotation device.
- They're swimming in the deep end without any floatation devices.
- Everyone on board must wear a personal floatation device.
- The canoer was not wearing a personal flotation device at the time.
- At the top of every Coast Guard minimum safety equipment list are personal flotation devices.
- We discovered a giant flotation device, fully inflated, crammed in the backseat.
- Previously such boats were required only to carry flotation devices.
- According to police, personal floatation devices were not being used.
- Wearing a personal flotation device can save your life.