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raft1 n 1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc., used as a vessel or moored platform 2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building vb (Transport / Nautical Terms) to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from [from Old Norse raptr rafter] rafting n raft2 n Informal a large collection or amount a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard [from raff] Raft a large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately; a dense flock of swimming birds; a collection of logs; fallen trees. Examples: raft of auks (at sea); of swimming birds; of books; of crocodiles, 1774; of fellows, 1833; of folk; of logs; of masts, 1497; of people; of reporters; of tamarisk, 1822; of timber, 1745; of trees, 1806; of fallen trees; of verdure, 1876.
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Translations raft [ˈrɑːft] n (= large number) a raft of [+ measures, proposals, advisers, experts, problems] → une foule de raft n → Floß nt n raft [raːft] a number of logs, planks etc fastened together and used as a boat. vlot رَمْث، طَوْف сал vor tømmerflåde das Floß σχεδία balsa parv کلک؛ قایق الواری lautta radeau רַפסוֹדָה लठ्ठों का बेड़ा splav tutaj rakit (timbur)fleki zattera いかだ 뗏목 plaustas plosts rakit vlot (tømmer)flåte tratwa jangada plută плот plť splav splav flotte แพ sal 木筏 пліт لکڑیوں کا گٹھا جو کشتی کا کام دیتا ہے bè gỗ 木筏 raft → طَوْف vor flåde Floß σχεδία balsa lautta radeau splav zattera いかだ 뗏목 vlot flåte tratwa jangada плот flotte แพ sal cái bè 筏 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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