raft
noun
1. a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
Definition categories: man–made, float
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, sight, slew, spate, stack, wad
Definition categories: quantity
3. a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
Similar word(s): mat
Definition categories: man–made, base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure
verb
1. transport on a raft
- raft wood down a river
Definition categories: motion, transport
2. travel by raft in water
- Raft the Colorado River
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
3. make into a raft
- raft these logs
Definition categories: creation, construct, fabricate, manufacture