Definitions for ferryboats

ferryboats fer·ry·boat

Spelling: [fer-ee-boht]
IPA: /ˈfɛr iˌboʊt/

Ferryboats is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 720 anagrams from letters in ferryboats (abeforrsty).

Definitions for ferryboats

noun

  1. a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.

Origin of ferryboats

First recorded in 1400-50, ferryboat is from the late Middle English word feryboot. See ferry, boat

Examples for ferryboats

On the ferryboat, as they crossed to Hoboken, he was more sociable.

Noon found him in the city named and he crossed the river on the ferryboat.

Then they passed through the narrow gateway upon the ferryboat.

The ferryboat was well on her way when a violent storm arose.

The weather was bad, the ferryboat steamier and smellier than ever.

She might have been on a ferryboat going from shore to shore of the Hudson!

Alix and Peter watched the others at the railing until the ferryboat turned.

There was some sort of landing there at which the ferryboat put up.

At first Captain Hewitt didn't want to take the ferryboat out.

He reached the water's edge, and hailed the ferryboat, which was then on the other side of the river.

Word Value for ferryboats
Scrable

17

Words with friends

17

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