Definition of
Raft
- (noun, artifact) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
- (noun, quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money - (verb, motion) transport on a raft
- (verb, motion) travel by raft in water
- (verb, creation) make into a raft
via WordNet, Princeton University
Synonyms of Raft
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Alternate forms of Raft
Hyponyms: balsa raft, carling float, deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, kon tiki, life raft, torrent
Hypernyms: construct, fabricate, float, go, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, locomote, manufacture, move, transport, travel
Origin of the word Raft
- "floating platform," 1497, originally "rafter" (c.1420), from O.N. raptr "log" (O.N. -pt- pronounced as -ft-), related to M.L.G. rafter, rachter "rafter." more
- "large collection," 1830, variant of raff "heap, large amount," from M.E. raf (see raffish, riffraff); form and sense associated with raft (1). more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
Words that sound like Raft
rabat, rabato, rabbet, rabbit, rabbit-weed, rabbiteye, rabbitweed, rabbitwood, rabid, rabidity, raped, raphidae, raphidiidae, rapid, rapidity, rapt, rarebit, rarefied, rarified, raw beauty, rebate, rebato, reboot, rebut, refit, refute, repeat, repeated, repot, repudiate, repute, revet, revived, rfd, ribbed, ribbed toad, rift, rip out, riptide, rivet, robed, robot, roofed, rope tow, rowboat, rub out, rubato, ruby wood
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