noun
raft
rahft
noun
1
A flat floating platform, often made of logs or planks lashed together, used to carry people or cargo on water.
"They built a raft from driftwood to cross the river."
"The survivors clung to a life raft until help arrived."
2
A large, unspecified number or amount of something.
"The new law brought a raft of changes to how taxes are filed."
verb
1
To travel or carry something by raft.
"They rafted down the canyon over three days."
How to Use Raft
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA simple floating platform — or, informally, a large batch of things.
Common pairings
a raft of proposals
build a raft
life raft
raft down a river
Word Forms
rafted past tense, rafts plural, rafts plural, rafts singular
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Etymology
From an Old Norse word for a beam or rafter — the same root that gives us "rafter."