Usually means: Flotation device for water safety.
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  1. life buoy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. life buoy: Merriam-Webster
  3. life buoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. life buoy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. life buoy: Vocabulary.com
  6. life-buoy, life buoy: Wordnik
  7. life buoy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Life buoy: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. life-buoy, life buoy: Wiktionary
  10. life buoy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. life buoy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Life buoy, life buoy: Dictionary.com
  13. Life buoy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. life buoy: Rhymezone
  15. Life-buoy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. life buoy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. life buoy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. life buoy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. life buoy: Encyclopedia

(Note: See life_buoys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (life buoy)

noun:  (British) A buoyant object (most commonly torus-shaped) that is used as a life-saving device by keeping a person afloat.
noun:  (British, figurative) Something that rescues one from difficulties.

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