raft

IPA: rˈæft

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
(by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
(US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
(cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

(transitive) To convey on a raft.
(transitive) To make into a raft.
(intransitive) To travel by raft.
(graphical user interface) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Examples of "raft" in Sentences

This particular raft is designed to automatically inflate when immersed in salt water.
On February 1, 1966 the four-man life raft from the aircraft was found off the coast of North Vietnam approximately 152 miles from the last known position of the aircraft.
Horror of Horrors -- capital H's -- to both Horrors -- instead of leading me to the 'cradle,' which I called a raft, he took me to a little square board held up by two crossed iron arms, called a 'buggy.'
The sheer beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert and the power of the river work their magicuntil the raft is lost in the rapids and a young college student falls overboard, resulting in an even more grisly discovery.