· a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
Hypernym(s): float
· (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad
Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount
· a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
Synonym(s): raft_foundation, mat
Hypernym(s): foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure
· transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
Hypernym(s): transport
· travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote
· make into a raft; "raft these logs"
Hypernym(s): manufacture, fabricate, construct