raft
n 1: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be
used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal},
{flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot},
{mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile},
{plenty}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate},
{stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
v 1: transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
2: travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
3: make into a raft; "raft these logs"