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How to pronounce “raft”
Hear “raft” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for raft
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of raft with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Case for a New Great Migration in the US
We have seen a raft of bills, in statehouses across the country,
- Definition summary
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce raft
The Case for a New Great Migration in the US
We have seen a raft of bills, in statehouses across the country,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “raft”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
- (by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
- A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
- (US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
- (US, slang, when ordering food) A slice of toast.
- A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
- (cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To convey on a raft.
- (transitive) To make into a raft.
- (intransitive) To travel by raft.
- (graphical user interface) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
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