lautta — meaning in English

English meaning

• ferry noun A boat or ship that carries passengers and vehicles across a stretch of water on a regular route.
• ferryboat noun A boat that carries passengers, vehicles or goods across water, often on a fixed timetable.
• raft noun A flat floating platform, often made of logs or planks lashed together, used to carry people or cargo on water.
• slick adj Smooth and slippery, often because of a coating of liquid.

Senses

lautta is used for these senses in English:

• ferry (watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
• ferryboat (nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule
• floating island An aggregation of driftwood and roots, or vegetation, capable of bearing soil, which floats on the surface of (bog or lake) water or is floated out from a river delta or similar.
• raft A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
• slick A covering of liquid, particularly oil.

ferry — full definition

1. noun A boat or ship that carries passengers and vehicles across a stretch of water on a regular route.
2. verb To transport people or things, especially back and forth or across water.

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