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Raft

Raft Meaning & Definition
Raft Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Raft?

[n] a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
[n] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
[v] make into a raft; "raft these logs"
[v] travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
[v] transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Raft: batch | deal | flock | good deal | great deal | hatful | heap | lot | mass | mess | mickle | mint | muckle | peck | pile | plenty | pot | quite a little | sight | slew | spate | stack | tidy sum | wad | whole lot | whole slew

Related Terms | Find terms related to Raft:

See Also | balsa raft | Carling float | construct | deluge | fabricate | float | flood | go | inundation | Kon Tiki | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | life raft | locomote | manufacture | move | torrent | transport | travel

Raft In Webster's Dictionary

\Raft\, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Reave}. --Spenser.
\Raft\, n. [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. r[=a]fo, r[=a]vo, a beam, rafter, Icel. r[=a]f roof. Cf. {Rafter}, n.] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float. 2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. [U.S.] 3. [Perhaps akin to raff a heap.] A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. [Slang, U. S.] ``A whole raft of folks.'' --W. D. Howells. {Raft bridge}. (a) A bridge whose points of support are rafts. (b) A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together. {Raft duck}. [The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The bluebill, or greater scaup duck; -- called also {flock duck}. See {Scaup}. (b) The redhead. {Raft port} (Naut.), a large, square port in a vessel's side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles; a timber or lumber port.
\Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rafting}.] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.

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