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- Dictionaryraft/rɑːft/
noun
- 1. a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.
- 2. a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building.
verb
- 1. travel on or as if on a raft: "I have rafted along the Rio Grande"
- 2. bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side: "we rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island"
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The meaning of RAFT is a flat structure (as of wood) for support or transportation on water; also : an inflatable flat-bottomed watercraft. How to use raft in a sentence.
RAFT definition: 1. a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly…. Learn more.
Raft definition: a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials. See examples of RAFT used in a sentence.
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.
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.
RAFT definition: 1. a small, flat boat made by tying pieces of wood together 2. a lot of things or people: . Learn more.
Definition of raft noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.