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Look up: raft

  1. raft
    [n] - a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers 2. [v] - transport on a raft 3. [v] - travel by raft in water 4. [v] - make into a raft
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Raft
    A firm slab, usually made from concrete, designed to spread the weight of a structure on soft ground.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  3. Raft
    A firm slab, usually made from concrete, designed to spread the weight of a structure on soft ground.
    Found on http://selfbuildhome.net/self-build-glos

  4. raft
    a collection of timber(generally round)or of bamboos,tied together or enclosed within a boom,for transport by floating Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a continuous slab of concrete, generally reinforced, laid over the ground as a foundation for a structure. Category: Building industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Raft
    Raft (rȧft), obsolete imperfect & past participle of Reave . Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  6. Raft
    Raft noun [ Originally, a rafter, spar, and from Icelandic raptr a rafter; akin to Danish raft , Prov. German raff a rafter, spar; confer Old High German rāfo , rāvo , a beam, rafter, Icelandic rāf roof. Confer Rafter , noun ] 1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fasten ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  7. Raft
    Raft transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rafted ; present participle & verbal noun Rafting .] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  8. raft
    1. A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened, together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float. ... 2. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation. ... 3. [P ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. raft
    noun a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Raft
    A `raft` is any flat floating structure for travel over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Instead, rafts are kept afloat using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels, or inflated air chambers. Traditional or primitive rafts are constructed of wood or reeds. Modern rafts may also use pontoons, drums, or extruded polystyrene blocks. Inflatable rafts use durable, multi-laye...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft

  11. Raft
    • (n.) A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float. • (n.) A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately. • (v. t.) To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. raft
    simplest type of watercraft, made up of logs or planks fastened together to form a floating platform. The earliest were sometimes made of bundles of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/5

  13. raft
    raft, floating platform of wood, cork, or air-inflated rubber for conveying goods or people. Originally, several logs, bound together by vines, strips of animal skin, and later rope, formed a flat surface upon which goods and people could move across bodies of water. From prehistoric times to the 19...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0


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10 November 2009

This day in history:
On 10 November 1871, David Livingstone, missionary and explorer was `found` by New York Herald reporter Henry Morton Stanley, who greeted him with the famous words `Dr Livingstone, I presume`. Between November 1853 and May 1856 David Livingstone completed a remarkable coast-to-coast journey from Luanda in the west to the mouth of the Zambezi River in the east. It was an epic trip of 4,300 miles and Livingstone became the first European to complete it. Along the way he had discovered a giant waterfall called ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ (the smoke that thunders). Livingstone named it Victoria Falls after the British monarch. read more

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