ferryboat

noun

Definition of ferryboatnext
as in steamship

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Recent Examples of ferryboat Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026 Right now, engineers and craft workers are teaming up to design and build the new ferryboat. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 May 2026 The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century. — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025 One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island. — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ferryboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ferryboat
  1. steamship
  2. barge
  3. steamer
  4. freighter
  5. tanker
  6. watercraft
  7. transport
  8. merchantman
Noun
  • Those who chose to rest on the banks of the Potomac River could be seen by steamship passengers playing bridge and dancing in the river breeze.
    — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • With the advent of the steamship, the cost of passage plummeted, and companies offered special immigrant fares that were often coupled with rail tickets to the interior of the country.
    — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Authorities say the pontoon boat collided with a barge and that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Eisenberger is a former deputy aide for Collins who most recently worked for American Waterways Operators, the national trade association for the barge, towboat and tugboat industry.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Using a hand steamer on your luggage can also help kill bedbugs and their eggs.
    — Kate Linderman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Use a clothes steamer to effectively eliminate them, especially the larvae.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Ballast water the likely vector Researchers believe the bloody red shrimp first arrived in the Great Lakes from ballast water released from freighter ships that also travel the oceans.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 3 July 2026
  • Best International Narrative Feature went to Labrador — Autopsy of Silence, directed by Rodrigue Jean, which follows an Inuk mechanic who is suspected of murder on a freighter.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 June 2026
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • Sinokor’s aggressive buying combined with a swell in oil flows to send tanker rates surging even before the US and Israeli strikes on Iran led to the effective closure of the world’s most important oil shipping lane.
    — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Riyadh largely paused shipments from its Gulf export terminals of Ras Tanura and Juaymah on March 9 after tanker traffic through Hormuz plunged due to Iranian attacks.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • Authorities said the personal watercraft collided with a recreational boat.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • But boats, kayaks, paddleboards and other watercraft activities are allowed until mid-October.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of watercraft
Noun
  • This week, the US approved a $2 billion Saudi order for weapons guidance systems, launchers, warheads, and other equipment, as well as a $484 million package of parts for Kuwait’s fleet of C-17 military transport aircraft.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
  • Seven more launches will complete Tranche with 63 additional data transport satellites and 28 missile tracking satellites manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    — Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of merchantman

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