Raft vs. Rafter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Raft and Rafter
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Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull.
Rafter
A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members such as wooden beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof shingles, roof deck and its associated loads. A pair of rafters is called a couple.
Raft
A flat buoyant structure of timber or other materials fastened together, used as a boat or floating platform.
Rafter
One who travels by raft.
Raft
A layer of reinforced concrete forming the foundation of a building.
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Rafter
One of the sloping beams that supports a pitched roof.
Raft
A large amount of something
A raft of government initiatives
Rafter
A group or flock, especially of wild turkeys.
Raft
Travel on or as if on a raft
I have rafted along the Rio Grande
Rafter
(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
Raft
Bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side
We rafted the boats together off the shores of Murchison Island
Rafter
(collective) A flock of turkeys.
Raft
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.
Rafter
A raftsman.
Raft
A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water
Shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.
Rafter
(transitive) To make (timber, etc.) into rafters.
Raft
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).
Rafter
(transitive) To furnish (a building) with rafters.
Raft
To convey on a raft.
Rafter
To plough so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unploughed ridge; to ridge.
Raft
To make into a raft.
Rafter
A raftsman.
Raft
To travel by raft.
Rafter
Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.
[Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds,With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls.
Raft
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
An inflatable raft. A log raft.
Rafter
To make into rafters, as timber.
Raft
(by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.
Rafter
To furnish with rafters, as a house.
Raft
A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.
Rafter
To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Raft
(US) A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.
Rafter
One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
Raft
A slice of toast.
Rafter
Someone who travels by raft
Raft
A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.
Rafter
Provide (a ceiling) with rafters
Raft
(cooking) A mass of congealed solids that forms on a consommé because of the protein in the egg white.
Raft
A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.
Raft
(transitive) To convey on a raft.
Raft
(transitive) To make into a raft.
Raft
(intransitive) To travel by raft.
Raft
(GUI) To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.
Raft
A collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float.
Raft
A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation.
Raft
A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
Raft
To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Raft
A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
Raft
(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
It must have cost plenty
Raft
Transport on a raft;
Raft wood down a river
Raft
Travel by raft in water;
Raft the Colorado River
Raft
Make into a raft;
Raft these logs
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