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raft

/ɹæft/noun, verb1 syllable

Raft means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for raft29

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle
and 12 more, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete

raft foundation, mat

also used for raft

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What does raft mean?6

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete

3

a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

verb

1

transport on a raft“raft wood down a river”

2

travel by raft in water“Raft the Colorado River”

3

make into a raft“raft these logs”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with raft?10

one syllable

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Raft in a sentence

  • When our ship entered the port, she was no better than a raft.unknown
  • Leave the raft by the trash, tomorrow they will come and take it away.mutskt
  • The baby was set adrift on a grass raft.Amastan
  • The raft has drifted far off from the shore.CM
  • It was an adventure going down the river on a raft.CK
  • In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.unknown
  • The boy went down the river on a raft.CK
  • Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of raft

as a noun

plural
rafts

as a verb

past tense
rafted
present participle
rafting
third-person singular
rafts
past participle
rafted