raft
/ɹæft/noun, verb1 syllable
Raft means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.
Synonyms for raft29
noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun, as in a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
What does raft mean?6
noun
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”
a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
verb
transport on a raft“raft wood down a river”
travel by raft in water“Raft the Colorado River”
make into a raft“raft these logs”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with raft?10
Raft in a sentence
- When our ship entered the port, she was no better than a raft.unknown
- Leave the raft by the trash, tomorrow they will come and take it away.mutskt
- The baby was set adrift on a grass raft.Amastan
- The raft has drifted far off from the shore.CM
- It was an adventure going down the river on a raft.CK
- In my youth we used to float down the river on a raft.unknown
- The boy went down the river on a raft.CK
- Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of raft
as a noun
- plural
- rafts
as a verb
- past tense
- rafted
- present participle
- rafting
- third-person singular
- rafts
- past participle
- rafted