ferry

باللغة العربية: مُعَدِّيَة، عَبَّارَة

1. A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule. · Near-synonym: ferryboat· Islanders normally have to queue for half an hour to get on the ferry.
2. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
3. The service constituted by this watercraft's operation; the business (company) that operates such a service. · In those days there was a ferry at Sleepytown. Modern roads and bridges for motor vehicles have rendered such local river ferries obsolete.
4. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service: a right of ferry. · granted a ferry to

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