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( rafts)
1.
A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together.
...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest.
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2.
A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float.
The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
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see also life raft
3.
A raft of people or things is a lot of them.
He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical...
= host of
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