Raft

German Meaning

Floß

flößen

English Meaning

  1. A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
  2. A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.
  3. To convey on a raft.
  4. To make into a raft.
  5. To travel by raft.
  6. Informal A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures” ( William K. Stevens).