fathom
noun
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. fath
fathomable
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a word derived from
fathom.
Example Sentences
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Ohtani achieved MLB’s first ever 50-50 season, founding a once fathomable club that now has a membership of one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
"This is like the absolute, absolute upper bound of what could possibly ever be fathomable," Veldman said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2023
Like, say, making portals to different existences materialize from nothing or cranking out identical slices of key lime pie for no fathomable reason.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023
But the chances are much higher than would have been fathomable until the past few years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Pain and pleasure are conditions of the soul; conditions which have a definite and quite fathomable limit.
From The Complex Vision by John Cowper Powys
