ferry

Meaning of ferry

noun

a boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service.

verb

convey in a ferry or other ship or boat, especially across a short stretch of water.

Middle English: from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry boat’, of Germanic origin and related to fare.

Information about ferry

Hyphenation of ferry

ferry

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • ferry is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ferry synonyms

Meaning ferryboat:

ferryboat

Meaning ferrying:

ferrying

Meaning a paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold:

packet

Meaning a form of transport that travels regularly between two places:

shuttle

Meaning a large boat for transporting people or goods by sea:

ship

Meaning a small vessel for travelling over water, propelled by oars, sails, or an engine:

boat

Meaning a ship or large boat:

vessel

Meaning a flat-bottomed ferry worked on cables or ropes:

pont

Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:

transport

Meaning transport or carry to a place:

convey

Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:

carry

Meaning carry the weight of; support:

bear

Meaning take (someone) somewhere in a car:

run

Meaning drive (a car or a passenger in a car), typically as part of one's job:

chauffeur

Meaning carry or bring with one; convey:

take

Meaning take or go with (someone or something) to a place:

bring

Translation of ferry

Anagrams of ferry

Freyr, freyr, fryer, refry

Words that rhyme with ferry

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