rafts

(noun) a large number or amount. Synonyms: tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings. Examples: "Made lots of new friends." "She amassed stacks of newspapers."

(noun) a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers. Synonyms: raft.

(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. Examples: "A batch of letters." "A deal of trouble." "A lot of money." "He made a mint on the stock market." "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos." "It must have cost plenty." "A slew of journalists." "A wad of money."

(verb) transport on a raft. Synonyms: raft. Example: "Raft wood down a river."

(verb) travel by raft in water. Synonyms: raft. Example: "Raft the colorado river."

(verb) make into a raft. Synonyms: raft. Example: "Raft these logs."