[
US
/ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/
]
[ UK /fˈɛɹɪbˌəʊt/ ]
[ UK /fˈɛɹɪbˌəʊt/ ]
NOUN
- a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
How To Use ferryboat In A Sentence
- The ferryboat took the passengers over to the island.
- Several men are poling a raft downriver, while a small ferryboat crosses ahead of it to pick up passengers.
- He moved his arms nervously and walked to and fro, beside a mountain of ferryboat luggage. COUP D'ETAT
- But these places are not dirtier than a railway smoking-car; and there is no more coarseness than in any ferryboat which is, for whatever reason, used by men only. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
- Public transport including ferryboats, also offered cut-price tickets to make it cheap for locals to travel around the city.
- There is no separating stream; no ferryboat, no ferryman; no Buddhism, no Buddha.
- The ferryboat is a round-bottomed, wobbly sampan, with a tiny cabin in the stern. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
- He knew none of them believed in his ferryboat: the sceptics, they would see! COUP D'ETAT
- The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft.
- Of course I'm scared," one ferryboat worker told the New York Times, "because Norway is such a neutral country. Terror in Oslo