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What (who) is raft - definition
FLAT STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORT OR TRANSPORTATION OVER WATER
Rafts; Raftsman; Raft building
raft
(rafts)
1.
A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together.
...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest.
N-COUNT
2.
A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float.
The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
N-COUNT
see also life raft
3.
A raft of people or things is a lot of them.
He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical...
= host of
N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n
Raft
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Reave.
II. Raft ·- of Reave.
III. Raft ·noun A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
IV. Raft ·vt To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
V. Raft ·noun A collection of logs, fallen trees, ·etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.
VI. Raft ·noun A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
raft
n.
1) to launch a raft
2) a life raft
Wikipedia
Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels, or inflated air chambers (such as pontoons), and are typically not propelled by an engine. Rafts are an ancient mode of transport; naturally-occurring rafts such as entwined vegetation and pieces of wood have been used to traverse water since the dawn of humanity.
Examples of use of raft
1. Life–raft The pair were spotted clinging to a life–raft at 10.30pm UK time last night.
2. But the life raft had a leak and was battered by waves, and the 30 passengers spent the next 15 hours bailing the raft out with their shoes.
3. UTAH Raft a river Make like an early explorer: Discover southern Utah‘s Cataract Canyon from the vantage point of a raft.
4. Rescuers then dropped an additional raft, but the crew members had taken refuge on the high side of the tilted vessel and the raft was beyond their reach.
5. The aircraft found two men in a life raft and dropped a further life raft to them before the motor tanker Potomac sailed to pick them up.