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[ raft, rahft ] SHOW IPA
/ ræft, rɑft / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft.
a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
life raft.
a slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usually for a whole building, so that the weight of the soil that would be displaced by the settlement of the building exceeds the weight of the building itself; mat.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object) to transport on a raft.
to form (logs or the like) into a raft.
to travel or cross by raft.
(of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object) to use a raft; go or travel on a raft.
(of an ice floe) to overlap another ice floe.
Origin of raft 1 1250–1300; Middle English
rafte, perhaps <Old Norse
raptr rafter
1 Words nearby raft raffles, rafflesia, Rafinesque, rafraîchissoir, Rafsanjani, raft , rafter, raft ice, rafting, raftsman, RAFVR
Definition for raft (2 of 2) [ raft, rahft ] SHOW IPA
/ ræft, rɑft / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Informal . a great quantity; a lot: a raft of trouble.
Origin of raft 2 1825–35; variant of raff large number (Middle English: abundance)
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British Dictionary definitions for raft (1 of 2) noun a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform
a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building
verb to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from
Derived forms of raft rafting , noun Word Origin for raft C15: from Old Norse raptr rafter
British Dictionary definitions for raft (2 of 2) noun informal a large collection or amount a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard
Word Origin for raft C19: from raff
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