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
  • That last pandemic was accelerated by a boom in rail and steamship travel but was eventually quashed by advances in science.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Passenger boats have not passed through these parts since the days of the steamship petered all the way out some 60 years ago.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Kemetale This boutique operator, which launched in 2022 with the Kemet Dahabeya, has small-scale ships that take their cues from the traditional dahabeah, a kind of sailing barge.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Men stand on the side of a barge in New York Harbor holding a rope attached to a wooden crate from which Harry Houdini was trying to escape July 7, 1912.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The water should remain below the steamer basket when cooking begins.
    — Amber Love Bond, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, remove wallpaper using a steamer, commercial wallpaper remover, or DIY liquid remover.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • Mouthwashing follows five crew members stranded aboard the space freighter Tulpar, which crash lands on an asteroid.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
  • While the pic’s storyline is under wraps, the game follows five crew members who are stranded aboard the space freighter Tulpar, where dwindling supplies, isolation and mounting paranoia expose the fractures between them.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • When the tanker’s food was exhausted, suppliers started bringing rice, daal, tomatoes and potatoes.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The tanker derives from Boeing’s 767 platform, which has recorded 1,361 deliveries since 1982.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • The motorcycle operates differently from a conventional watercraft, which typically uses a dedicated propulsion system designed for aquatic environments.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators said the man may have been in the water for at least 48 hours, and no ID, property, or watercraft was found in the area.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of watercraft
Noun
  • The coil was transferred from the facility to a transport frame on October 30.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Spain’s transport minister resigned six days after a high-speed train crash south of Madrid killed 69 people, the country’s second deadly rail crash this year.
    — Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of transport
Noun
  • 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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