raftnoun
uk/rɑːft/us/ræft/raft noun (FLOATING STRUCTURE)
[ C ] a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a flat end):
We lashed together anything that would float to make a raft.
[ C ] a fixed, flat floating structure that swimmers can use to land on or dive from
[ C ] a small rubber or plastic boat that can be filled with air:
a rubber raft
an inflatable raft
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Boats & sailing craft
- buoy
- canoe
- catamaran
- cruiser
- dugout
- gondola
- kayak
- longboat
- motorboat
- narrowboat
- outboard motor
- pedal boat
- riverboat
- rowing boat
- sailing boat
- sampan
- speedboat
- trimaran
- windsurfer
- yacht
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raft noun (MANY)
[ C usually singular ] a large number or range; a lot:
a raft of data
We have designed a whole raft of measures to improve the transport system.
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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raftverb [ I or T ]
uk/rɑːft/us/ræft/to travel or transport something on a raft:
They rafted their supplies down the river.
We rafted through the rapids.
Have you ever been white water rafting?
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Sailing & boating
- bail
- bale
- becalmed
- crew
- cruise
- draft
- knot
- navigable
- ocean-going
- pilot
- rafting
- roll
- sail
- sea legs
- seafaring
- seamanship
- shipboard
- tack
- whitewater rafting
- yachtswoman
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Movement on or through water