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Definition of "ferryboat" [fer•ry•boat]

  • A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ferryboat" in a sentence
  • "The ferryboat is a round-bottomed, wobbly sampan, with a tiny cabin in the stern."
  • "Hellespont in a kind of ferryboat, he met Pompey's fleet sailing with"
  • "But these places are not dirtier than a railway smoking-car; and there is no more coarseness than in any ferryboat which is, for whatever reason, used by men only."
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