Ferry

What do we mean by ferry?

To transport (people, vehicles, or goods) by boat across a body of water. intransitive verb

To cross (a body of water) by a ferry. intransitive verb

To deliver (a vehicle, especially an aircraft) under its own power to its eventual user. intransitive verb

To transport (people or goods) by vehicle, especially by aircraft. intransitive verb

To cross a body of water on or as if on a ferry. intransitive verb

A ferryboat. noun

A place where passengers or goods are transported across a body of water, such as a river or bay, by a ferryboat. noun

A franchise or legal right to operate a ferrying service for a fee. noun

A service and route for delivering an aircraft under its own power to its eventual user. noun

To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.

To pass over water in a boat.

A boat or raft in which passengers and goods are conveyed over a river or other contracted body of water; a wherry. noun

The place or passage where boats pass over water to convey passengers and goods. noun

A provision for the regular conveyance by boat or raft of passengers and goods across a river or other body of water between opposite shores: as, to establish a ferry; also, the legal right to maintain such a conveyance, and to charge reasonable toll for the service. noun

To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. transitive verb

To convey back and forth regularly between two points in a vehicle. transitive verb

A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat. noun

A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.

A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.

The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

Words that are spelled similarly to ferry:
ferry, berry, merry, furry, perry, jerry, terry, kerry, derry, ferro, gerry, ferny, serry, ferly, ferre, ferri, herry, firry, forry, farry, verry, ferr, ferdy, ferra, ferr-, feary.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ferry:
ferries, wharf, pier, terminal, quay, wan, dock, crossing, docks, mainland, harbour, connects, boat, operated, strait, bridge, connecting, boats, landing, sank, isle, routes, service, linking, passenger, vessel, port, manhattan, across, brooklyn, toll, crossed, delaware, island, operator, route, river, cruise, freight, trips, hudson, terminus, cable, operate, shore, connect, carries, connections, harbor, links, discontinued, bus, transportation, vessels, brisbane, services, road, transport, bay, shipping, traffic, link, connection, ride, tunnel, railroad, bridges, cargo, suburb, buses.

Words that rhyme with ferry:
dictionary, cherry, arbitrary, contemporary, ancillary, wary, itinerary, stationary, fiduciary, proprietary, carry, necessary, library, corollary, stationery, preliminary, contrary, extraordinary, sanctuary, mary, tertiary, primary, berry, vary, secretary, very, adversary, blueberry, ordinary, subsidiary, sedentary, estuary, scary, vocabulary, culinary, apothecary, fairy, tarry, cemetery, bury, temporary, beneficiary, monetary, salutary, dairy, harry, mercenary, literary, discretionary, solitary, pecuniary, aerie, merry, obituary, legendary, visionary, unitary, confectionery, prairie, parry, marry, lapidary, commentary, airy, emissary, unnecessary, seminary, luminary, canary, raspberry, nary, revolutionary, february, barre, military, tributary, strawberry, arie, eyrie, secondary, mulberry, gooseberry, reactionary, customary, imaginary, confectionary, missionary, epistolary, huckleberry, hereditary, capillary, judiciary, ary, hairy, veterinary, monastery, sanitary, pulmonary, dysentery, january.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ferry:
first, old, last, small, new, public, next, little, free, regular, second, lower, ancient, only, upper, overnight, early, big, fast, private, daily, present, short, opposite, landel, pisani, vehicular, third, primitive, former, huge, speed, late, atlantic, minute, off, wooden, tiny, famous, island, harpers, nearest, weekly, slow, nearby, powered, historic, stygian, largest, hour, crowded, principal, middle, operated, municipal, broughty, rival, ton, rail, usual, back, south, ended, near, aerial, bound, coastal, car, north, mile, conventional, bottomed, dangerous, crude, interisland, frequent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective ferry:
boats, boat, porter, services, morse, house, tickets, port, craig, man, companies, bridge, crossings, graham, hill, operators, borges, lines, routes, slips, steamers, tolls, tail, flights, landings, terminals, street, rides, franchises, charges, terminal, captains, trips, franchise, gate, harbors, fares, hudson, charter, hanly, the, prices, service, baker, landing, racks, bridges, land, car, dumazet, laws, personnel, returns, operations, reservations, county, master, docks, office, fees, corporations, crews, bonds, food, faxen, hallock, famine, formula, tonkin, facilities, launches.

Consonant match to ferry:
foray, fairy, pharaoh, pharoah, farrow, faro, fora, fuhrer, ferro, fairer, faerie, fierro, farro, farah, ferri, farrah, farer, ferrer, forray, pharo, firry, forry, fera, farry, fiero, fero, ferro-, farrer, ferie, ferra, ferae, ferri-, farai, forero, fairey, faurot, farra, foree, fahrer, ferrie, fair a, fair e, fair he, fair her, fair high, fair i, fair who, faire a, faire au, faire aux, faire ou, far a, far ae, far e, far he, far her, far high, far i, far o, far re, far who, fare a, fare e, fare he, fare i, fare who, farrey, fauroux, fear a, fear he, fear her, fear high, fear i, fear o, fear who, fery, fi re, for a, for e, for he, for her, for high, for how, for i, for re, for who, fora a, fore a, fore he, fore her, fore i, fore who, forie, forrey, four a, four he, four high, four i, four o, four who.

Words that sound like ferry:
fairy, ferry, faerie, faery, fairie, ferri, ferrie, fairey, feri, ferie, fieri, pharaoh, fiery, pharoah, farah, farrow, farrah, fera, faro, fari, ferro, farry, fero, pharao, ferra, foree, forry, phero, farai, faira, fori, feirie, fuori, fiero, fierro, fira, firo, fiera, ferge, free, fair, fare, furry, fairies, flurry, frie, fairly, fer, foray, fairer, fairs, faire, faries, fares, fri, feathery, fared, ferries, faring, farer, feria, faired, fere, frea, faeries, fara, fora, farrier, ferried, forray, foru, farro, ferrer, ferrier, fairley, ferr, farra, ferre, ferreri, fehr, ferrys, phare, fareed, phair, ferrill, faroe, foro, farao, furu, forero, fairlie, firry, faurot, -free, faru, fyra, forro, feira, fourre, feres.