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rafts
raft 1 R0020000 (răft)n.1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.v. raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts v.tr.1. To convey on a raft.2. To make into a raft.v.intr. To travel by raft.
[Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.]
raft 2 R0020000 (răft) n. Informal A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).
[Originally American English, alteration (probably influenced by raft) of dialectal English (Scotland and Northern England) raff, a large collection or number (of something), abundance, from Middle English raf in rif and raf, everything, one and all, sweepings, rubbish; see riffraff.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  rafts - a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads, pileslarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
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rafts
Related to rafts: Lipid raftsSynonyms for raftsnoun a large number or amountSynonyms- dozens
- gobs
- heaps
- lashings
- loads
- lots
- oodles
- scads
- scores
- slews
- stacks
- tons
- wads
- piles
Related Words- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
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