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NOUN:
  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.
VERB:
raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts
VERB:
tr.
  1. To convey on a raft.
  2. To make into a raft.
VERB:
intr.
To travel by raft.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter


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