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raft

UK/ɹɑːft/ US/ɹæft/ fairly common slang us
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

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

2.

(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent

  • “a batch of letters”
  • “a deal of trouble”
  • “a lot of money”
  • “he made a mint on the stock market”
  • “it must have cost plenty”
Synonyms

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”

Origin

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”). See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).

Phrases

  • Adam and Eve on a raft
  • Christ on a raft
  • fire raft
  • life raft
  • Moses on a raft
  • pumice raft
  • raft dog
  • raft duck
  • whitewater rafting

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