car-ferry
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- noun
- /kɑrˈfɛri/
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transbordador de coches
- After waiting in line for an hour, we finally boarded the car ferry to cross the bay.
- take a car-ferry
So it's a car ferry and but I'm on foot and I, so I stood there and I'm watching these people walk off the ferry without masks.
- So it's a car ferry and but I'm on foot and I, so I stood there and I'm watching these people walk off the ferry without masks.
Examples
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We took the car ferry to reach the island for our vacation.
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Travel between the bay's islands and coastal towns is possible by small car ferry.
Blog text (31) -
We'll have to try the car ferry.
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About a hundred people waited for the car ferry.
Fiction book (1997) -
For the return trip to Maine, I chose the Cat, the fastest car ferry in North America.
Blog text (26) -
We arrived to see the midnight blue lake against a brilliant sky and took the car ferry over to Madeline Island.
Fiction book (1997) -
We crossed from the mainland on the car ferry, so the water snuck right up under us, car and all, first thing.
Fiction book (1995) -
An old car ferry was puffing upriver toward the landing point.
Fiction book (1997) -
"We'll be back," he said to his clothes cheerfully, "don't worry." Bryce and Eric walked over to the car ferry.
Fiction book (1997) -
But he passed on The Group's bus tour to a monastery in favor of sitting at the harborside and watching the world's largest car ferry arrive, disgorge three levels of autos, take on another load, and depart.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.3
A boat or ship that carries people, cars, and goods across water on a regular schedule
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A boat that carries people and cars across water on a regular route
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Etymology
Car-ferry combines two simple parts: car, from an old word for a wheeled vehicle, and ferry, from a word meaning 'to carry' that named a boat moving people or goods across water. So a car-ferry is simply a boat that carries cars across a river or sea.