| raft | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. raft | a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers. |
| ~ balsa raft, kon tiki | a light raft made of balsa. |
| ~ float | something that floats on the surface of water. |
| ~ carling float, life raft | a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "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" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
| v. (motion) | 3. raft | transport on a raft.; "raft wood down a river" |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ raft | travel by raft in water.; "Raft the Colorado River" |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (motion) | 4. raft | travel by raft in water.; "Raft the Colorado River" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ raft | transport on a raft.; "raft wood down a river" |
| v. (creation) | 5. raft | make into a raft.; "raft these logs" |
| ~ fabricate, manufacture, construct | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| sled | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. sled, sledge, sleigh | a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow. |
| ~ bobsled, bobsleigh, bob | a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism. |
| ~ bobsled, bobsleigh | formerly two short sleds coupled together. |
| ~ dog sled, dog sleigh, dogsled | a sled pulled by dogs. |
| ~ luge | a racing sled for one or two people. |
| ~ pung | a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners. |
| ~ runner | device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along. |
| ~ toboggan | a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| v. (motion) | 2. sled, sleigh | ride (on) a sled. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ dogsled, mush | travel with a dogsled. |
| ~ bobsled, bob | ride a bobsled.; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" |
| ~ luge, toboggan | move along on a luge or toboggan. |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| sledge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. maul, sledge, sledgehammer | a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges. |
| ~ hammer | a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking. |
| v. (motion) | 2. sledge | transport in a sleigh. |
| ~ transport | move something or somebody around; usually over long distances. |
| v. (motion) | 3. sledge | ride in or travel with a sledge.; "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake" |
| ~ journey, travel | undertake a journey or trip. |
| v. (contact) | 4. sledge, sledgehammer | beat with a sledgehammer. |
| ~ hammer | beat with or as if with a hammer.; "hammer the metal flat" |
| sleigh | | |
| balsa | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. balsa, balsa wood | strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats. |
| ~ ochroma lagopus, balsa | forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| n. (plant) | 2. balsa, ochroma lagopus | forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts. |
| ~ genus ochroma, ochroma | one species: balsa. |
| ~ balsa, balsa wood | strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats. |
| ~ angiospermous tree, flowering tree | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary. |
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