ferry

• fer‧ry plural ferries [countable]
• a boat that carries people or goods across a river or a narrow area of water
• WORD FOCUS: ship 
• a ship that carries people: passenger ship, cruise ship, liner, ferry, ro-ro
• a ship that carries goods: cargo ship, merchant ship, freighter, oil tanker, super tanker, barge
• a small ship: boat, motorboat, powerboat
• a ship with sails: yacht, dinghy, sailing ship, sailing boat British English/sailboat American English, catamaran
• a fighting ship: warship, aircraft carrier, battleship, cruiser, frigate,destroyer, minesweeper, gunboat, man-of-war old-fashioned
• a ship that people live on: houseboat, narrow boat British English
• a ship that goes under water: submarine
• people on a ship: sailor, captain, passenger, seaman, the crew
• parts of a ship: deck, cabin, porthole, engine room, mast, rudder, hull
• ship

➔ See also ship

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.