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Answer for the clue "Watercraft that can carry cars ", 9 letters:
ferryboat

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Word definitions for ferryboat in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferryboat \Fer"ry*boat`\, n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Describe the fountain, the apple tree, and the ferryboat with sounds and colors that your child will remember. ▪ There is no separating stream; no ferryboat , no ferryman; no Buddhism, no Buddha.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry ]

Usage examples of ferryboat.

He is an active conservationist and National Parks supporter, and he has an intensive love of ferryboats, with the avowed goal of riding every ferry in the world.

It was rumored that at one point the desperate Varshakara had tried to chase the horse onto a ferryboat which would have taken it across the Ganges into the Licchavian republic.

If any one hire a ferryboat, he shall pay three gerahs in money per day.

With its hangars, grain elevators, ramps, and cranes Strohdeich stretches out as far as Bay Horse Bastion, where the ferryboat with lights on is chugging across to the Brabank pier.