Meaning : A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
Meaning : (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.
Example :
A batch of letters.
A deal of trouble.
A lot of money.
He made a mint on the stock market.
See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos.
It must have cost plenty.
A slew of journalists.
A wad of money.
Synonyms : batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
Meaning : A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete.
Synonyms : mat, raft foundation
Meaning : Transport on a raft.
Example :
Raft wood down a river.
Meaning : Travel by raft in water.
Example :
Raft the Colorado River.
Meaning : Make into a raft.
Example :
Raft these logs.