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ferry boat

ferry boat is the alternative form of ferryboat.

Meaning of ferryboat

Noun

ferryboat (plural ferryboats)

  1. A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
    • He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, volume 54, page 206

Forms of ferry boat

pluralferry boats

Questions about ferry boat

What is ferry boat the alternative form of?
Ferry boat is the alternative form of ferryboat.

Words near ferry boat in the dictionary

  1. ferruminating
  2. ferrumination
  3. ferrums
  4. ferrxanthone
  5. ferry
  6. ferry boat
  7. ferry boats
  8. ferry bridge
  9. ferry car
  10. ferry cars
  11. Ferry County

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