raft
noun
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials.
rafts
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present tense formof raft (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Some customers paddled by on rafts and boards, above what used to be the boardwalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The ship was equipped with 250 life jackets, two lifeboats and six inflatable rafts, Edghill said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“He’s landing rockets on robot drone rafts in the ocean, and you’re saying he doesn’t know what he’s doing,” Ellison rebuffed critics at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The project, led by the University of Portsmouth in partnership with Southern Water, will see specially designed floating rafts deployed in coastal waters.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
No sight of the Hato, or other rafts, or boats.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
