raft
     n 1: a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be
          used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
     2: (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" [syn: {batch}, {deal}, {flock}, {good
        deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess},
         {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot},
         {quite a little}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy
        sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
     v 1: transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river"
     2: travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River"
     3: make into a raft; "raft these logs"
Source: WordNet® 2.0