ferryboat
noun
a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
ferryboats
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pluralof ferryboat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
When Northam was born in 1959, the area was connected to the rest of Virginia only by ferryboats; the 20-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel linked the region to Norfolk in 1964.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
These cases seem rather quaint when we read them today—after all, they involve spats about ferryboats and royal land grants—but they were at the center of bitter political disputes.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2016
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
