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noun • strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats • forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts | ||||||||
| 32% | 4 | A life-saving device used during emergencies at sea | ||||||
noun • a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent • a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete verb • transport on a raft • travel by raft in water • make into a raft | ||||||||
| 29% | 10 | Made buoyant again, as a life raft | ||||||
verb • To inflate or fill with air again. | ||||||||
Life Raft
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BALSA which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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