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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a flotation device" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an object designed to keep a person afloat in water, often used in safety contexts.
Example: "Before we set sail, make sure everyone has a flotation device on board."
Alternatives: "life jacket" or "life preserver".
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"We have a light attached to a flotation device," he said.
In case of a water landing, your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device.
"What clothes they were wearing, whether or not they were wearing a flotation device, body type, water temperature".
The Gibbs crew swapped out my helmet for a flotation device and made sure I understood the vehicle's simple controls.
This is basically a flotation device, an air-filled, rigid plastic raft roughly in the shape of a kayak.
They were pulled from the water by officers on land who used a line and a flotation device.
And having entered the Lazy River we must have a flotation device, even though we know, rationally, that the artificial current is buoyancy enough.
Her most daring effort involved making a flotation device from a Styrofoam cooler and floating off down the river, towards possible starvation or death by anaconda.
I never paid much attention to the safety speech about how the seat cushion detaches and can be used as a flotation device.
Surfing is not only unrecognized here, but the concept of Cubans swimming away from protected shores with a flotation device can also leave officials uneasy.
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Besides the board itself, the shopping list includes a paddle; a personal flotation device (PFD), which has to be worn by those 12 and under or otherwise carried; and a hydration pack -- not to mention a car rack.
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