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raft

(r/&/ft )

a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

transport on a raft(verb.motion)

Example:
Raft wood down a river.

source: wordnet30
travel by raft in water(verb.motion)

Example:
Raft the Colorado River.

source: wordnet30
make into a raft(verb.creation)

Example:
Raft these logs.

source: wordnet30
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.(verb)

source: webster1913

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