ferryboat

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US/ˈfɛɹiˌboʊt/UK/ˈfɛɹiˌbəʊt/

noun

A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

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ferry
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Meanings

nounferryboat (plural ferryboats)

plural ferryboats · alternative ferry-boat · alternative ferry boat

  1. nauticalA boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

    The ferryboat "Argentina" rides toward Golden Gate, her ocean-going prow slicing the waves.

    1940, LIFE, Sep 2, 1940, page 59
    2 more examples

    He insists that it is practically undisputed that, when the ferryboat crossed the bow of the tug to make her slip, she crossed at a distance of at least 300 feet away

    1893, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, Robert Desty, The Federal reporter, volume 54, page 206

    It was on this vessel that the founder of the second largest ferryboat company on Puget Sound...

    1983, Mary Stiles Kline, George Albert Bayless, Ferryboats: a legend on Puget Sound, link

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule

Similar
ferry
Broader
boat
Also see
ferrypassage boat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From ferry + boat.

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Translations

Catalan transbordador, ferri
  • transbordadorboat
  • ferriboat
Dutch veerboot
  • veerbootboat
Esperanto pramo
  • pramoboat
Finnish lautta, autolautta
  • lauttaboat
  • autolauttaboat
French ferry
  • ferryboat
German Fährboot, Fährschiff
  • Fährbootboat
  • Fährschiffboat
  • Fähreboat
  • Überfuhrboat
Irish bád farantóireachta, bád fartha.
  • bád farantóireachtaboat
  • bád fartha.boat
  • bád calaidhboat
Korean 연락선
  • 연락선 (yeollakseon)boat
Latin pontō
  • pontōboat
Polish prom
  • promboat
Portuguese ferryboat, ferry
  • ferryboatboat
  • ferryboat
  • balsaboat
Russian паро́м
  • паро́м (paróm)boat
Scottish Gaelic bàt'-aiseig
  • bàt'-aiseigboat
Spanish ferry, transbordador
  • ferryboat
  • transbordadorboat
  • barcoboat
  • ferriboat
Turkish araba vapuru, feribot
  • araba vapuruboat
  • feribotboat
Cite this entry
APA

ferryboat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferryboat

MLA

“ferryboat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferryboat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferryboat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferryboat.

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