raft
noun/rɑːft/
/ræft/
- a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platformExtra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterb2
- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
- race
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
- a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air
- an inflatable raft
- The two airmen inflated the life raft.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
- race
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
- [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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