balsa raft
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raft — raft1 /raft, rahft/, n. 1. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft. 2. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water. 3. See life raft. 4. a slab … Universalium
raft — Synonyms and related words: Carling float, balsa, balsa raft, barge, batch, boat, bob, boom, buoy, bus, cart, coach, considerable, cork, deal, dray, ferry, float, gobs, good deal, great deal, haul, heap, heaps, lashings, life buoy, life preserver … Moby Thesaurus
Balsa (embarcación) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Una balsa tradicional de la edición de 1884 de Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn. Se denomina balsa a una embarcación pequeña, de forma predominantemente plana, hecha por lo común con cañas, maderos o tablas… … Wikipedia Español
Balsa — Bal sa, n. [Sp. or Pg. balsa.] (Naut.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
balsa — (also balsa wood) ► NOUN ▪ very lightweight timber obtained from a tropical American tree, used chiefly for making models and rafts. ORIGIN Spanish, raft … English terms dictionary
balsa — ☆ balsa [bôl′sə ] n. [Sp] 1. any of several tropical American trees (genus Ochroma) of the bombax family that yield an extremely light and buoyant wood used for rafts, model airplanes, etc. 2. the wood 3. a raft, esp. one made up of a frame… … English World dictionary
balsa — /bawl seuh, bahl /, n. 1. a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc. 2. a raft made of balsa wood. 3. any life raft. [1770… … Universalium
balsa wood — noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats • Syn: ↑balsa • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑balsa, ↑Ochroma lagopus * * * balsa … Useful english dictionary
balsa — /ˈbɔlsə / (say bawlsuh) noun 1. a tree, Ochroma lagopus, of the family Bombacaceae, of tropical America. 2. the extremely light wood of this tree, formerly used in life preservers, rafts, etc., now much used in crafts; balsawood. 3. a raft made… …
raft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flatboat, barge; float, pontoon; informal, multitude. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flatboat, barge, float, pontoon, lighter, catamaran, life raft, swimming raft, rubber raft, balsa; see also boat … English dictionary for students
