raft

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Albanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Old Norse word raptr, originally meaning 'beam' or 'rafter'. Cognate with rafter, Danish raft (“‘long trunc’”), Old Norse ráfr (“‘roof’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /rɑːft/
• (US) IPA: /ræft/
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• Rhymes: -ɑːft

[edit] Noun

raft (plural rafts)

1. A flat structure made of planks, barrels etc., that floats on water, and is used for transport, emergencies or a platform for swimmers.
2. A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water.
3. A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

   All we've ever got from you is a raft of promises.

4. A collective noun for otters.

[edit] Related terms

• life raft

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[edit] Verb

to raft (third-person singular simple present rafts, present participle rafting, simple past and past participle rafted)

1. (transitive) to convey on a raft
2. (transitive) to make into a raft
3. (intransitive) to travel by raft

[edit] Related terms

• rafter
• whitewater rafting

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of afrt
• fart
• frat
• RTFA
• traf, TRAF

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Etymology

From the Turkish raf.

[edit] Noun

raft m

1. shelf