Definition of Raft

a flat floating structure for travelling across water that is often made from wood or logs tiled together

Examples of Raft in a sentence

The castaway used logs and vine to create a raft that he hoped would help him get off the island.  🔊

Each raft was only large enough to carry three to four people across the river.  🔊

Explorers hopped on a raft with a Native American guide, who took them over the rushing rapids.  🔊

A small raft a few flimsy life jackets were the only flotation devices available to the sailors on the sinking ship.  🔊

During the early 1900s, emergency workers had to craft a raft to rescue the man lost in the Louisiana swamp.  🔊

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