raft
Noun
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A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers (synset 104052477)
is a type of: float - something that floats on the surface of watersubtypes:
- balsa raft, kon tiki - a light raft made of balsa
- carling float, life raft - a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (synset 113796604)
"a batch of letters"; "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"is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudesubtypes:
- deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount
- haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
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A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete (synset 104052867)
is a type of: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure - lowest support of a structuresame as: mat, raft foundation
Verb
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Transport on a raft (synset 201953825)
"raft wood down a river"referred to in: navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to placeis a type of: transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distancesverb group: raft - travel by raft in water
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Travel by raft in water (synset 201846450)
"Raft the Colorado River"is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphoricallyverb group: raft - transport on a raft
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Make into a raft (synset 201657699)
"raft these logs"is a type of: construct, fabricate, manufacture - put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
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