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raft

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: raft

1
nv
a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
transport on a raft
2
n
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: raft
1

n a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

Types:
Kon Tiki, balsa raft
a light raft made of balsa
Carling float, life raft
a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
Type of:
float
something that floats on the surface of water

v transport on a raft

raft wood down a river”
Type of:
transport
move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

v make into a raft

raft these logs”
Type of:
construct, fabricate, manufacture
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

v travel by raft in water

Raft the Colorado River”
Type of:
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
2

n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Synonyms:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Types:
deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount
haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Type of:
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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