raft

Noun

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • 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
    

• a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

Verb

• make into a raft
  • raft these logs
    

• travel by raft in water
  • Raft the Colorado River
    

• transport on a raft
  • raft wood down a river