rafts

Definition of Rafts in English :

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Noun

1. dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads

a large number or amount

Example Sentences:
'made lots of new friends'
'she amassed stacks of newspapers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rafts

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noun

1.

a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform

2.

a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building

verb

3.

to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from

noun

informal

a large collection or amount

a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard

Rafts

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noun

1.

a flat, buoyant structure of logs, boards, barrels, etc. fastened together; specif., one used like a boat as in an emergency or in shallow water

2.

a similar structure anchored in a river or lake and used by divers, swimmers, etc.

3.

a flat-bottomed, inflatable device, as of rubber, for floating on water

verb transitive

4.

to transport on a raft

5.

to make into a raft

verb intransitive

6.

to travel, work, etc. on a raft

noun

Informal

a large number, collection, or quantity; lot

Rafts

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n.

1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.

2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.

v. raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts

v.tr.

1. To convey on a raft.

2. To make into a raft.

v.intr.

To travel by raft.

n.
Informal

A great number, amount, or collection: “As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures” (William K. Stevens).

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