ferry port

collocation in English

meaningsofferryandport

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ferry
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfer.i/us
/ˈfer.i/
a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a ...
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port
noun
uk
/pɔːt/us
/pɔːrt/
a town by the sea or by a river that has a harbour, or the ...
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(Definition offerryandportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofferry port

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Portsmouth has excellent links to the continent through itsferryportand roads, which would make it an ideal base for the agency.
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Holyhead is primarily aferryport.
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Ramsgate is a newferryport.
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Thanet is also aferryport.
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Instead, peaceful demonstrators were taken into custody when they arrived at theferryport.
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About 42,000 calves were transported from theferryportlast year alone.
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I believe that as many as 200 people can arrive at aferryportfrom a train at one time.
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One could turn up at theferryportand find that the ferry was of a particular construction unsuitable for force 5 winds.
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It came to a head in the late 1970s, when we opened our ownferryport.
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Secondly, we need integrated transport and effective links to theferryport.
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The development of any service, and the choice of location of the relevantferryport, must be a matter for the commercial judgment of the potential operator.
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We are aferryport.
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A busy market has grown up around theferryport.
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The settlers in the area were building aferryportcommenced operations.
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The town is a popular tourist resort and includes aferryport.
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There is also a majorferryportwhich deals with both passengers and cargo.
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Buses are used for local passenger transport, which depart from 300 m north of theferryport.
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Most of the population lives on the southeastern side of the island, near theferryport.
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It is the island'sferryportand is home to one of the nations four international airports.
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Historically, the village was an important trading post andferryportwith a regular route across the fjord.
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The port is mainly known as aferryport.
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The harbour is still the edge of the village, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, andferryport.
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Aferryportwas built during the 1960s.
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