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Meaning of "air ferry" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AIR FERRY

air ferry  [ɛə ˈfɛrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AIR FERRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Air ferry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AIR FERRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

air ferry

Air ferry

An air ferry is a ferry service in which cars and passengers are transported by aircraft. Use of air ferries peaked in the 1950s, but the advent of more economical alternative modes of transport in the '60s resulted in the demise of these services.

Definition of air ferry in the English dictionary

The definition of air ferry in the dictionary is a ferry service that transports passengers and cars by plane.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AIR FERRY


berry
ˈbɛrɪ
bury
ˈbɛrɪ
car-ferry
ˈkɑːfɛəfɛrɪ
cherry
ˈtʃɛrɪ
derry
ˈdɛrɪ
ferry
ˈfɛrɪ
herry
ˈhɛrɪ
huckleberry
ˈhʌkəlˌbɛrɪ
jerry
ˈdʒɛrɪ
Kerry
ˈkɛrɪ
Londonderry
ˈlʌndənˌdɛrɪ
meri
ˈmɛrɪ
merry
ˈmɛrɪ
Owerri
əˈwɛrɪ
perry
ˈpɛrɪ
Pondicherry
ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ
Puducherry
ˌpuːduːˈtʃɛrɪ
sherry
ˈʃɛrɪ
terry
ˈtɛrɪ
very
ˈvɛrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AIR FERRY

air curtain
air cushion
air cylinder
air dam
air disaster
air display
air duct
air embolism
air engine
air express
air filter
air force
Air Force One
air freight
air freshener
air frost
air gas
air guitar
air gun
air hardening

WORDS THAT END LIKE AIR FERRY

bearberry
black cherry
blackberry
blueberry
Burberry
Channel ferry
crackberry
cranberry
cross-Channel ferry
gooseberry
maraschino cherry
mulberry
passenger ferry
raspberry
roll-on-roll-off ferry
serry
strawberry
Tom and Jerry
Tom, Dick and Jerry
train ferry

Synonyms and antonyms of air ferry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «air ferry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AIR FERRY

Find out the translation of air ferry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of air ferry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «air ferry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空中摆渡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

transbordador de aire
570 millions of speakers

English

air ferry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हवा नौका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العبارة الهواء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воздуха паром
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

balsa ar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এয়ার ফেরি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

traversier air
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feri udara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luft Fähre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

空気フェリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공기 페리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ferry udara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phà không khí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காற்று படகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवाई फेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hava feribotu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traghetto aria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prom powietrza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повітря паром
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feribot aer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αέρα πλοίο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lug pont
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luft färja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

air ferje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of air ferry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR FERRY»

The term «air ferry» is used very little and occupies the 173.561 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AIR FERRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «air ferry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «air ferry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about air ferry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AIR FERRY»

Discover the use of air ferry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to air ferry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
AARP Alaska
Anchorage 291, 826 May–Sept/ Jan–Mar Road, air, rail 16 71 Barrow 4,108 June –Sept Air 4.5 30 Cordova 2,239 May–Sept Air, ferry 93 119 Denali National Park 159 June–Sept Road, rail 15 83 Fairbanks 97,581 May–Sept/ Jan–Mar Road, ...
Frommer's, 2012
2
The ATL-98 Carvair: A Comprehensive History of the Aircraft ...
Initially the RAF Transport Command operated Britannias of the 99 and 511 Squadrons to airlift supplies and petroleum for the operation based in Zam- bia. It became apparent the airlift would last for some time. Civilian carriers Air Ferry, Cale- ...
William Patrick Dean, 2008
3
Frommer's Alaska 2011
Anchorage 290,588 May–Sept/ Jan–Mar Road, air, rail 16 71 Barrow 4,119 June –Sept Air 4.5 30 Cordova 2,126 May–Sept Air, ferry 93 119 Denali National Park 168 June–Sept Road, rail 15 83 Fairbanks 93,779 May–Sept/ Road, air, rail 11 ...
Charles P. Wohlforth, 2011
4
Frommer's Alaska
Anchorage 291, 826 May–Sept/ Jan–Mar Road, air, rail 16 71 Barrow 4,108 June –Sept Air 4.5 30 Cordova 2,239 May–Sept Air, ferry 93 119 Denali National Park 159 June–Sept Road, rail 15 83 Fairbanks 97,581 May–Sept/ Jan–Mar Road, ...
Mike Dunham, Charlotte Glover, Dave Kiffer, 2012
5
History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century
Camille Allaz. British tourists eager to discover the Continent loaded their vehicles onto a specially adapted aircraft (with large doors opening in the front section of the plane, and loading ramps) and collected them at the other side of the ...
Camille Allaz, 2005
6
Science and the Pacific War: Science and Survival in the ...
The Japanese continued their eastward advance through the southwest Pacific to Tulagi in the Southern Solomons, posing a threat to the air ferry route being constructed by the Army engineers. To counter this threat, the engineers constructed ...
Roy M. MacLeod, 2000
7
South Atlantic Air Ferry Route in World War II
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
8
Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States
To Sidney Sobelman, August 19, 1959: Your letter of March 9, 1959, requests review of our settlement of March 2, 1959, which disallowed your claim for reimbursement of $17.60 representing costs of air ferry service from Lydd, England to Le ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1960
9
Popular Science
World's first automobile air ferry uses this motorized ramp to speed loading and unloading. ... After a lot of deep thinking he came up with the answer: Why not air- ferry automobiles where automobiles couldn't be driven? Specifically, an ...
10
The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume One: Plans and ...
supply line upon which operations in China depended. Upon being informed early in March that development of the air ferry * to China would be a responsibility of the Tenth, General Brereton had requested that ferrying personnel and ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AIR FERRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term air ferry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New England sites make for great time exploring
Located in Casco Bay, 15 minutes by open-air ferry from Cousin's Island near Yarmouth, Maine, sits Chebeague Island, a quiet walking gem. «Nashua Telegraph, May 15»
2
The A320 Crash Is The Worst French Air Disaster Since 1981
On June 3, 1967, an Air Ferry flight crashed into Mount Canigou in the Pyrenees of southern France, an accident caused in part by a navigation ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
3
Journey through town led to a travel agency
When the Grimsby-Hull air ferry service started in 1937 they were the local agents for the service and their office was the Grimsby terminal. «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 14»
4
Busted Again! Another American "Mystery Plane"
Before arriving in Australia, the twin-engine Merlin flew an incredible two-month long journey. It originated in Florida, where air ferry service ... «MadCow Morning News, Jul 14»
5
Holiday flights return to Lydd Airport in Kent
Lydd was the first post-war airport to be built in Britain, and was used for air ferry services to destinations in France, including Calais, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
6
Protestors air ferry grievances with MLA
Protestors air ferry grievances with MLA. Protest at the Horsehoe Bay ferry terminal draws diverse crowd of Bowen Islanders. Meribeth Deen ... «Bowen Island Undercurrent, Mar 14»
7
FS2004 Eros Vickers Viking 1A G-AHOW
... more operators over the next three years until it was broken up at Manston after withdrawal in September 1967 by Invicta who had acquired it from Air Ferry. «Fly Away Simulation, Mar 13»
8
AIN Blog: A "Golden Age" Relic Is Restored in Brooklyn
The Naval Air Ferry Command, which was responsible for distributing the new aircraft, was based at the airport. During the war NAS N.Y. ... «Aviation International News, May 12»
9
Tharp salvaged airplanes in the jungles of British Guiana during WW II
This “South Atlantic Air Ferry Route” generally included trips to and from Palm Beach, Fla., Puerto Rico, Brazil, Acension Island, Libya, Dakar, ... «Kokomo Perspective, May 12»
10
This week in history: Army Engineers fought and lived through the …
In October, Wyman began his most important project - building an air ferry route across the South Pacific to Australia. By December, airfields ... «Hawaii Reporter, Dec 11»

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