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ferryboat

Syllables: fer·ry·boatUK/ˈfɛɹiˌbəʊt//ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/

ferryboat noun: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule.

ferryboat: a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to...
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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
    • The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59

ferryboat meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

ferryboat in Bengali

ferryboat
খেয়া kheẏa

ferryboat in Malayalam

boat
കടത്തുവള്ളം kaṭattuvaḷḷaṁ, കടത്തുതോണി kaṭattutōṇi

Forms of ferryboat

pluralferryboats
alternative formferry-boat
alternative formferry boat

Origin of ferryboat

From ferry + boat.

Words formed from ferryboat

Questions about ferryboat

What does ferryboat mean?
Ferryboat means a boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule.
What is ferryboat in Bengali?
Ferryboat in Bengali is খেয়া (kheẏa). See Ferryboat meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ferryboat?
Ferryboat is a noun.
How do you pronounce ferryboat?
Ferryboat is pronounced /ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of ferryboat?
The plural of ferryboat is ferryboats.

Words near ferryboat in the dictionary

  1. ferry-boats
  2. ferry-man
  3. ferryable
  4. ferryage
  5. ferryages
  6. ferryboat
  7. ferryboater
  8. ferryboaters
  9. ferryboating
  10. ferryboatman
  11. ferryboatmen

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ferryboat (page history and authors); খেয়া (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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