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a bridge with commitment issues, hauling cars across water it refuses to span.
means A boat that carries people, vehicles, or goods across a stretch of water on a regular route, or the act of transporting them this way.
from From Old English 'ferian,' meaning to carry or convey, rooted in the Proto-Germanic verb 'farjan' (to bring across). It belongs to the same ancient family as 'fare' and 'faran' (to travel) — a cousin of German 'fähre' and the old Norse word that gave Scandinavian rivers their crossings. At heart, the word simply meant 'a carrying-over,' which is exactly what a ferry has always quietly done.
- Oldest mode
- River crossings predate the wheel by millennia
- Free in style
- Some Scottish ferries cost nothing to ride
- Mass mover
- Hong Kong's Star Ferry carries 70,000 daily
- Word origin
- Shares a root with 'fare' and 'fjord'
- Cable kind
- Reaction ferries use only the current's push
star ferry — hong kong's iconic cross-harbor ferry service operating since 1888 between hong kong island and kowloon
dover-calais ferry — english channel crossing with 10+ daily sailings carrying 2 million passengers per year