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a small boat made of rubber that is filled with air, used especially for rescuing people from ships and planesSee also: ↑dinghy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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rubber dinghy — UK US noun [countable] [singular rubber dinghy plural rubber dinghies] a small rubber boat that is filled with air to make it float Thesaurus: types of boat or shiphyponym * * * … Useful english dictionary
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 — I [[t]ræft, rɑft[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials: an inflatable rubber raft[/ex] 2) naut. navig. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water 3) naut.… … From formal English to slang
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
raft — raft1 [raft, räft] n. [ME rafte, beam, rafter < ON raptr, log: see RAFTER1] 1. a flat, buoyant structure of logs, boards, barrels, etc. fastened together; specif., one used like a boat as in an emergency or in shallow water 2. a similar… … English World dictionary
raft — [ra:ft US ræft] n [Sense: 1, 3 4; Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: raptr large piece of wood, rafter ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: raff mixture of things (17 19 centuries), influenced by RAFT1] 1.) a flat floating structure, usually… … Dictionary of contemporary English
raft — [ ræft ] noun count 1. ) a simple flat boat made by tying long pieces of wood together a ) a small light boat made of rubber or plastic 2. ) a flat structure that floats on a lake, river, etc. that people can swim to and lie on a raft of INFORMAL … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
raft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ life ▪ inflatable, rubber ▪ makeshift VERB + RAFT ▪ build, make … Collocations dictionary
raft — [[t]rɑ͟ːft, ræ̱ft[/t]] rafts 1) N COUNT 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. 2) N COUNT A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat… … English dictionary
raft — 1 noun (C) 1 a flat floating structure, usually made of pieces of wood tied together, used as a boat 2 a flat floating structure that you can sit on, jump from etc when you are swimming 3 a (whole) raft of spoken, especially AmE a large number of … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
