floating raft

collocation in English

meaningsoffloatingandraft

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floating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈfloʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
not fixed in one position, place, ...
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raft
noun
uk
/rɑːft/us
/ræft/
a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a ...
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(Definition offloatingandraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The duck inn is afloatingraftwith glass windows and painted walls.
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At this point there is a growingfloatingraftof thick organic matter within the lake.
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The ferroconcrete base was used to form afloatingraftfoundation on the reclaimed site.
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Fire ants mass into afloatingraftto move from their flooded nests, while sloths and tarantulas have adapted to swimming between trees.
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Common terns adapt readily to artificial floating rafts, and may even nest on flat factory roofs.
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They are grown in nurseries, cultivated in floating rafts.
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The crystals grow, attach to one other and appear to be floating rafts of a white, opaque material.
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The deep end of the beach has 2 floating rafts in the middle for swimmers to swim out to.
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Some species also form floating rafts that help them survive floods.
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Spectators watched the swimming competitions from floating rafts on the water.
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A number of islands have indigenous lizards, including geckoes and skinks, whose ancestors probably arrived on floating rafts of vegetation washed out to sea by storms.
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