Definitions | raft |
| noun
- A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergency, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
- A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
- A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
- All we've ever got from you is a of promises.
Translations: - French: multitude, masse
- German: Schlauchboot
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
a large but unspecified number of something
verb
- (transitive) to convey on a raft
- (transitive) to make into a raft
- (intransitive) to travel by raft
Etymology: From the Old Norse word raptr, originally meaning 'beam' or 'rafter'. Cognate with "rafter".
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