a flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform

a layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building

travel on or as if on a raft

I have rafted along the Rio Grande

bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side

we rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island

a large amount of something

a raft of new policy promises