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SAFETY DEVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safety device mean?
• SAFETY DEVICE (noun)
The noun SAFETY DEVICE has 1 sense:
1. a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
Familiarity information: SAFETY DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device designed to prevent injury or accidents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("safety device" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "safety device"):
fender (a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth)
safety catch; safety lock (guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired)
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