: any of the parallel beams that support a roof
1
: one who maneuvers logs into position and binds them into rafts
2
: one who travels by raft
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Boos rained down from the rafters as if the Las Vegas Raiders blew a playoff game.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The six-time All-Star put 40 points on the board in a 132-109 opening night win against New York after collecting his championship ring and raising Banner 18 to the TD Garden rafters.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Ruth Asawa in the living room of her home in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco around 1995, with clusters of her looped wire sculptures dangling from the rafters.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Turf, like the Miners an institution for generations that is now known around the world thanks to the Welcome to Wrexham documentary, was among those hostelries packed to the rafters.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Boos rained down from the rafters as if the Las Vegas Raiders blew a playoff game.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
The six-time All-Star put 40 points on the board in a 132-109 opening night win against New York after collecting his championship ring and raising Banner 18 to the TD Garden rafters.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Ruth Asawa in the living room of her home in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco around 1995, with clusters of her looped wire sculptures dangling from the rafters.
—Hilarie M. Sheets, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rafter
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“Rafter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rafter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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