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   raft

   /rɑːft/

   noun

   • 1. a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.
   • ▪ a small inflatable rubber or plastic boat, especially one for use in emergencies.
   • ▪ a floating mass of fallen trees, vegetation, ice, or other material.
   • ▪ a dense flock of swimming birds or mammals: "great rafts of cormorants, often 5,000 strong"
   • 2. a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building.

   verb

   • 1. travel on or as if on a raft: "I have rafted along the Rio Grande"
   • ▪ transport on or as if on a raft: "the stores were rafted ashore"
   • ▪ (of an ice floe) be driven on top of or underneath another floe.
   • 2. bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side: "we rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter’. The verb dates from the late 17th century.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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