raft
(rɑːft , ræft )
Word forms: rafts
1. countable noun
A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together.
...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest.
2. countable noun
A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float.
The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
3. See also life raft
4. countable noun [usually singular]
A raft of people or things is a lot of them.
He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical. [+ of]
This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
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Collocations:
raft building ride a raft rubber raft whole raft of
Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Manchester-based firm has a training centre in Snowdonia where employees get to know each other over pursuits such as archery and raft building.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Activities include swimming, horse riding, golf, fishing, cycling, abseiling, raft building and more.
The Sun (2012)
If the thrills of a water ride are more your cup of tea, you can brave a twisting, turning wild water raft ride.
The Sun
It features speed slides, more than 10 body and tube slides, a family raft ride, a water playhouse and two lazy rivers.
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This 6-passenger raft ride navigates a 470 m long course.
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More emphasis was placed on the day out experience - with fairground rides, a haunted castle, model railway and a jungle cruise raft ride on the lake.
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Facilities for picnics, swimming, fishing, raft riding and cliff diving have likewise been put up to draw more visitors.
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The unlucky ones will face a 50ft jump into icy water and a swim to a rubber raft.
Times, Sunday Times
Rubber raft jumps are popular, where the jumpers sit in a rubber raft.
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He uses a rubber raft to travel down the river.
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The aircraft each carried an inflatable rubber raft which would help the airmen avoid hypothermia from continued immersion in the cold water, and increase the time available for rescue.
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He was found in a rubber raft.
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Yesterday it announced a whole raft of shows to spice up its schedule.
The Sun (2017)
Managers were blamed, but had a whole raft of managers suddenly become incompetent?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It varies from writer to writer and it involves a whole raft of elements.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The new England manager also has a whole raft of ready-made excuses.
The Sun (2012)
Translations:
Chinese: 筏
Japanese: いかだ