navigable

[ nav-i-guh-buh l ]

/ ˈnæv ɪ gə bəl /

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adjective

deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.

capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.

Origin of navigable

1520–30; < Latin nāvigābilis, equivalent to nāvigā(re) to sail (see navigate) + -bilis -ble

OTHER WORDS FROM navigable

nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun nav·i·ga·bly, adverb non·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun non·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective

non·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun non·nav·i·ga·bly, adverb un·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, noun un·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective un·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, noun un·nav·i·ga·bly, adverb

Words nearby navigable

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Example sentences from the Web for navigable

This one literally takes up four corners on Rue Sherbrooke, all navigable via underground routes.

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None of the rivers is navigable, and the roads are in general indifferent and insufficient.

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A site was to be selected on an island in a navigable river, marshy or heavily wooded ground to be avoided.

The Colonization of North America |Herbert Eugene Bolton
His lands are on navigable water, communicating with the Delaware, and but about 16 miles from this city.

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It flows through a large portion of the province of Pangasinan, and was navigable for a great distance in its wanderings.

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He had very clear conceptions of what would be the great advantages of steamboats on the navigable rivers of the United States.

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British Dictionary definitions for navigable

navigable

/ (ˈnævɪɡəbəl) /

adjective

wide, deep, or safe enough to be sailed on or through a navigable channel

capable of being steered or controlled a navigable raft

Derived forms of navigable

navigability or navigableness, noun navigably, adverb

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