1. (

• raft

) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers ;

2. (

• batch ,
• deal ,
• flock ,
• good_deal ,
• great_deal ,
• hatful ,
• heap ,
• lot ,
• mass ,
• mess ,
• mickle ,
• mint ,
• mountain ,
• muckle ,
• passel ,
• peck ,
• pile ,
• plenty ,
• pot ,
• quite_a_little ,
• raft ,
• sight ,
• slew ,
• spate ,
• stack ,
• tidy_sum ,
• wad

) (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" ;

3. (

• raft_foundation ,
• raft ,
• mat ,

) a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete ;

1. (

• raft ,

) transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" ;

2. (

• raft

) travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" ;

3. (

• raft

) make into a raft; "raft these logs" ;