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ferry

Nautical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A vessel or service for transporting passengers and goods across a body of water; in poetry, it can symbolize passage, transition, the boundary between worlds, or the inevitability of travel.

Detailed Definition
A ferry is a vessel or route used to transport travelers across a river, bay, or other body of water. Here it gives the road poem a moment of travel and crossing.
Example
Example in poetry:
“A scrap of gossip at the ferry” sets a scene of crossing by boat; “The ferry groaned across the harbor at dusk”; “At the ferry, strangers watched gulls wheel”; “She boarded the ferry with salt on her coat”
Additional Notes
In the quoted line, ferry refers to a transport crossing over water, which is a specialized travel term rather than a generic everyday noun.; Found in the poem, The Joys Of The Road by Bliss Carman
Other Meanings of “ferry”
Also Known As
boat vessel transport barge
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