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Meanings of
ferryboat
in English
Portuguese
balsa
Catalan
ferri
Spanish
transbordador
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A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule.
ferry
Portuguese
balsa
Usage of
ferryboat
in English
1
The little
ferryboat
pitched and turned in the current of the river.
2
The
ferryboat
was turned round by the current, and carried to Isleworth.
3
The warning whistle blew, and the
ferryboat
,
departed, bearing off Drummond alone.
4
She was immense, with a broad flat prow like a railway
ferryboat
.
5
The big
ferryboat
,
swift, steady as land, noiseless, had got under way.
6
And there was the
ferryboat
full of people floating along down.
7
They traveled over to town on the rickety
ferryboat
several times.
8
I see the white smoke squirt out of the
ferryboat
's
side.
9
I shouldn't think so, for we haven't any more motion than a
ferryboat
.
10
Having driven thirty miles to the
ferryboat
,
we crossed the Missouri in the evening.
11
The hoarse siren of a
ferryboat
bellowed through the murk.
12
When he reached the river he sprang into the
ferryboat
.
13
We left the station, walked for a while, and arrived at a
ferryboat
dock.
14
Swiftly the
ferryboat
crossed the North River, crowded with boats.
15
He came to a river and got into the
ferryboat
.
16
There was another
ferryboat
,
much larger than the first one.
Other examples for "ferryboat"
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ferryboat
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
big ferryboat
little ferryboat
old ferryboat
rickety ferryboat
take the ferryboat
More collocations
Translations for
ferryboat
Portuguese
balsa
Catalan
ferri
Spanish
transbordador
Ferryboat
through the time
Ferryboat
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common