ferryboat
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ferryboat
First recorded in 1400–50, ferryboat is from the late Middle English word feryboot. See ferry, boat
Example Sentences
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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
On the first floor of the museum, kids can explore a treehouse, captain a ferryboat and hop into the driver’s seat of a Smart car.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
They will likely also know his life closely resembles Petterson’s: The author’s parents and brother died in a ferryboat fire that claimed 159 lives in 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
I was watching a ferryboat waddle on the river when I heard a man with a slight British accent say, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
At Lake Tinn, the train cars would be loaded onto a ferryboat.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
The commission also oversees movers, brokers, ferryboats and wastewater.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
But Vigor’s attention is increasingly taken up by the lucrative work on the Navy’s gray ships over the green-and-white ferryboats.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
The ferryboats traced quiet paths out across the water as the moon rose, casting fragile sheets of light down on the waves.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2012
Above the skyline, to the north and west, mountains rise into a darkening sky as bathtub ferryboats chug past beneath them on still saltwater the color of slate.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2010
As we steamed into the harbor, passengers on ferryboats waved their hats & handkerchiefs at us.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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