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What is the noun for ferry?

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ferry
  1. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
  2. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
  3. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Upon arrival at Oban, take the ferry to the Isle of Mull.”
ferriage
  1. (uncountable) Transportation by ferry.
  2. (countable) The fee paid for a ferry ride.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The proprietor of any ferry may require lawful ferriage to be paid previously to a passage over his ferry.”
      “But such vessel can not be used for mere ferriage across a river.”
      “His father, by accident, neglected to furnish him the money with which to pay his ferriage.”
ferryman
  1. A man who operates a ferry.
  2. (Greek) Charon
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The ferryman was watching from the stoop of a nearby clapboard house as we rolled up.”
      “The ferryman just angled a rudderlike thing against the current and the barge began scooting crabwise across the river.”
      “We learnt this from an old ferryman who was able to take his small boat over to deliver supplies from nearby farms.”
ferryboat
  1. (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Several men are poling a raft downriver, while a small ferryboat crosses ahead of it to pick up passengers.”
      “When they get on board the ferryboat, it has to be a good experience for them.”
      “Stehekin is reached mainly via floatplane or ferryboat from Chelan at the south end of the lake or by private boat or trail.”
ferryboater
  1. Someone who pilots, or travels by, ferryboat
ferryboatman
  1. A man who operates a ferryboat.
ferrywoman
  1. A woman who operates a ferry.
ferrying
  1. The act by which something is ferried.
ferryboatmen
  1. plural of ferryboatman
ferryboaters
  1. plural of ferryboater
ferrywomen
  1. plural of ferrywoman
ferryboats
  1. plural of ferryboat
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The naturally perfect horseshoe-shaped harbor is filled with mega cruise ships, sailing yachts, sloops, ferryboats, and fishing craft.”
      “Public transport including ferryboats, also offered cut-price tickets to make it cheap for locals to travel around the city.”
      “How about dugout canoes, camels, donkeys, horses and ferryboats?”
ferrymen
  1. plural of ferryman
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A gritty community of fishermen and farmers, Hythe has always had its ferrymen, or wherrymen as they were known for centuries.”
      “Sure, you might have to pay a toll, but you could travel when you wished, unimpeded by the comings and goings of ferrymen and foul weather.”
      “He was the last of the Tees ferrymen and the last of a rare breed.”
ferriages
  1. plural of ferriage
ferryings
  1. plural of ferrying
ferries
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