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
Beside the damaged causeway, volunteers ran ferryboats and small groups of residents formed at the boat ramp, the island’s new hot spot.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
The funding measure would spend billions on highways projects and maintenance, transit access, removing fish barriers, building new ferryboats and more.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
Most of them are teenage boys trying to sneak onto ferryboats to the mainland, where they hope to join family members or create a case for family reunification.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2018
The ferryboats crossed the wide river without mishap, and the party from Boston stepped out onto the shore at Wethersfield.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
