ferrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfer.i/us/ˈfer.i/also ferry boatB1 a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service:
a car ferry
We're going to the Channel Islands by/on the ferry.
We took the ferry to Calais.
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- Almost all the passengers on the ferry were French.
- We took the ferry across the Channel and then joined the Paris train at Calais.
- The ferry service has been suspended for the day because of bad weather.
- The strike has led to the cancellation of some ferry services and left hundreds of passengers stranded at the docks.
- Our ferry was two hours late because of the strike.
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Passenger, cargo & military ships
- boat
- car ferry
- clipper
- cruise ship
- factory ship
- freighter
- galleon
- galley
- ghost ship
- hovercraft
- icebreaker
- merchant marine
- merchant navy
- oil tanker
- steamer
- steamship
- sub
- submarine
- tanker
- trawler
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ferryverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈfer.i/us/ˈfer.i/to transport people or goods in a vehicle, especially regularly and often:
I spend most of my time ferrying the children around.
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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Transferring and transporting objects