ferries

Noun

ferry (plural ferries)

1. A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
   • Near-synonym: ferryboat

   Synonyms:

   ferryboat

2. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
   • It can pass the ferry backward into light.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC
3. The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service.
   • In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have rendered such local river ferries obsolete.
4. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry.
   • granted a ferry to

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