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raft 1     (rāft)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
  2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.
v.   raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts

v.   tr.
  1. To convey on a raft.
  2. To make into a raft.
v.   intr.
To travel by raft.

[Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.]
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raft 2     (rāft)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Informal
A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).

[Alteration of dialectal raff, rubbish; see raffish.]
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