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Meanings of ferry in English

Portuguese
balsa
Catalan
ferri
Spanish
transbordador

A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.

balsa
Portuguese
balsa
Catalan
transbordador
Spanish
transbordador

Transport by boat or aircraft.

balsa
Usage of ferry in English
1
Oil tankers are used to ferry the country's vital crude oil exports.
Reuters
2
The papyrus boat lies at the ferry; thou shalt descend in it.
Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face
3
Objective: The Sewol ferry disaster caused shock and grief in South Korea.
Pubmed
4
However, investigators are looking at reports that the ferry was routinely overloaded.
BBC
5
Background: The Sewol ferry disaster caused national shock and grief in Korea.
Pubmed
6
The second ferry carried 79 people of Egyptian, Iraqi and Afghan nationality.
The Irish Times
7
There's a free ferry that brings you there just behind Amsterdam Centraal.
The Irish Times
8
The ferry ride and nearly all activities are free to the public.
The Irish Times
9
He left yesterday on the six p.m. ferry from Ostend to Dover.
Long time coming: a novel
10
You said there was no way off the island until the ferry.
Rebel island
11
In a New Jersey town, a ten minute ferry-ride from your office.
The new yorker
12
One passenger said the ferry was going too quickly approaching the dock.
Reuters
13
By no means; a ferry-steamer is thoroughly commonplace; you can ferry-steam anywhere.
Gala-Days
14
Usually a small ferry plied back and forth several times a day.
Winter’s Tale
15
It may also use a ferry under contract to Japan's self-defense forces.
Reuters
16
They had crossed the Irish Sea on the Liverpool to Dublin ferry.
The Irish Times
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Translations for ferry
Portuguese
balsa
Ferry through the time
Ferry across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
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