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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.
4 meanings: 1. a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform 2. a thick slab of reinforced.... Click for more definitions.
A raft is a flat structure that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform. It can also mean a large number or amount of something. Learn more about the origin, usage, and synonyms of raft.
a whole raft of new proposals Word Origin senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter’. sense 3 mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin), by association with raft in the sense ‘floating mass’.
Raft definition: a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials. See examples of RAFT used in a sentence.
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A raft is a vessel or structure that's made to float on water. You might have an inflatable raft you use for floating around your backyard pool.
