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- pronunciation:
- fe
ri
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
ferries |
definition: |
a boat or ship that carries people or freight back and forth across a river or other body of water.
Before the bridge was built, people crossed the river by ferry.
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
ferries, ferrying, ferried |
definition: |
to carry by boat or airplane a short distance, often across water.
A small plane ferried tourists to the island. |
related words: |
drive |
Are you looking for the word fairy (an imaginary creature)? Ferry and fairy sound alike but have different meanings.
The word ferry
contains the following part:
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
More about this word part:
Example words:
aquifer, confer, conference, conifer, defer1, differ, different, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, refer, relate, relation, relative, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
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