The Clue
Swimmer's oasis (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RAFT
Tags
Notes
The answer RAFT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Definition
RAFT as a noun:
1. a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
2. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (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 as a verb:
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"