Ferryboat is an English word with synonyms like ferry or boat. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ferryboat meaning
A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
Using Ferryboat
- The main meaning on this page is: A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
- Useful related words include: ferry, boat.
- In the example corpus, ferryboat often appears in combinations such as: the ferryboat, by ferryboat.
Context around Ferryboat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ferryboat
- In this selection, "ferryboat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, services stand out and add context to how "ferryboat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include board the ferryboat while others and islands by ferryboat services. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ferryboat" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ferryboat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The main island of Singapore is connected to the other islands by ferryboat services. (14 words)
The ferryboat to Paquetá leaves every hour, from early in the morning until around midnight. (15 words)
A woman in fact had a fall twice while rushing to board the ferryboat while others mostly youth escaped with bruises. (21 words)
But plans to operate a ferryboat between the U.S. port of Erie and the Ontario port of Port Dover ran into a slew of political problems, including security restrictions on both sides as well as additional fees required to hire border inspectors. (43 words)
Entitled "Our Next President Rides by Ferryboat over San Francisco Bay", the photo showed Dewey and his staff riding across the city's harbor. (24 words)
A woman in fact had a fall twice while rushing to board the ferryboat while others mostly youth escaped with bruises. (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
A woman in fact had a fall twice while rushing to board the ferryboat while others mostly youth escaped with bruises.
But plans to operate a ferryboat between the U.S. port of Erie and the Ontario port of Port Dover ran into a slew of political problems, including security restrictions on both sides as well as additional fees required to hire border inspectors.
Entitled "Our Next President Rides by Ferryboat over San Francisco Bay", the photo showed Dewey and his staff riding across the city's harbor.
The ferryboat to Paquetá leaves every hour, from early in the morning until around midnight.
The main island of Singapore is connected to the other islands by ferryboat services.
Common combinations with ferryboat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ferryboat 2×
- by ferryboat 2×