Raft
31raft — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rafte rafter, raft, from Old Norse raptr rafter Date: 15th century 1. a. a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water b. a flat structure for support or transportation on water 2. a… …
32Raft — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Sport 2 Chimie 3 Musique …
33raft — 1. noun /rɑːft,ræft/ a) A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers. All weve ever got from you is a raft of promises …
34raft — n. 1) to launch a raft 2) a life raft * * * [rɑːft] a life raft to launch a raft …
35raft — {{11}}raft (n.1) floating platform, late 15c., originally rafter (early 15c.), from O.N. raptr log (O.N. pt pronounced as ft ), related to M.L.G. rafter, rachter rafter (see RAFTER (Cf. rafter)). {{12}}raft (n.2 …
36raft — 1 noun (C) 1 a flat floating structure, usually made of pieces of wood tied together, used as a boat 2 a flat floating structure that you can sit on, jump from etc when you are swimming 3 a (whole) raft of spoken, especially AmE a large number of …
37raft — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a flat floating structure of timber or other materials for conveying persons or things. 2 a lifeboat or small (often inflatable) boat, esp. for use in emergencies. 3 a floating accumulation of trees, ice, etc. v. 1 tr. transport… …
38raft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flatboat, barge; float, pontoon; informal, multitude. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flatboat, barge, float, pontoon, lighter, catamaran, life raft, swimming raft, rubber raft, balsa; see also boat …
39raft — [15] The ancestor of raft meant ‘beam, rafter’. This was Old Norse raptr. Not until it got into English, apparently, was it used for a ‘craft made by tying logs together’. (It should not, incidentally, be confused with the mainly American raft… …
40raft — UK [rɑːft] / US [ræft] noun [countable] Word forms raft : singular raft plural rafts 1) a) a simple flat boat made by tying long pieces of wood together b) a small light boat made of rubber or plastic 2) a flat structure that floats on a lake,… …
