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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ferryboat
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ferryboat

Ferryboat \Fer"ry*boat`\, n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., usually across streams, rivers, bays, and other narrow waters.

Wiktionary
ferryboat

alt. (context nautical English) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule n. (context nautical English) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

WordNet
ferryboat

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.