raft

noun

/rɑːft/

/ræft/

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a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform
Extra Examples
- They built a raft of logs.
- He was found floating on a raft.
- The raft floated away down the river.
- We paddled the raft to the shore.
Topics Transport by waterb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
verb + raft
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
raft + verb
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
raft + noun
- race
preposition
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
See full entry
a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air
- an inflatable raft
- The two airmen inflated the life raft.
Topics Transport by waterb2, Sports: water sportsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
verb + raft
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
raft + verb
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
raft + noun
- race
preposition
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
See full entry
[usually singular] raft of something (informal) a large number or amount of something
- a whole raft of new proposals

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter’.sense 3 mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin), by association with raft in the sense ‘floating mass’.

单词	raft
释义	raft noun /rɑːft/ /ræft/ jump to other results a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform Extra Examples They built a raft of logs. He was found floating on a raft. The raft floated away down the river. We paddled the raft to the shore. Topics Transport by waterb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective life inflatable rubber … verb + raft build make inflate … raft + verb float capsize overturn … raft + noun race preposition on a/the raft onto a/the raft See full entry a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air an inflatable raft The two airmen inflated the life raft. Topics Transport by waterb2, Sports: water sportsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective life inflatable rubber … verb + raft build make inflate … raft + verb float capsize overturn … raft + noun race preposition on a/the raft onto a/the raft See full entry [usually singular] raft of something (informal) a large number or amount of something a whole raft of new proposals Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter’.sense 3 mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin), by association with raft in the sense ‘floating mass’.
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