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nouna boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
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nountransport by boat or aircraft
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verbtransport by ferrytype of:
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verbtransport from one place to another
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verbtravel by ferry
Definition that contains ferry
- brown abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
- ferry transport by ferry
- ferry travel by ferry
- calais a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
- charon (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
- ferryman a man who operates a ferry
- roll-on roll-off a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination
- shenandoah river a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
- car-ferry a ferry that transports motor vehicles
- john brown abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)