navigable

[ nav-i-guh-buhl ]

/ 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.

Computers. designed or arranged in a way that facilitates moving from web page to web page or from one section to another on a website.

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Origin of navigable

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin nāvigābilis, equivalent to nāvigā(re) “to sail” (see navigate) + -bilis-ble

OTHER WORDS FROM navigable

nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty

[nav-i-guh-bil-i-tee], /ˌnæv ɪ gəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, nav·i·ga·ble·ness, nounnav·i·ga·bly, adverbnon·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, nounnon·nav·i·ga·ble, adjective

non·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, nounnon·nav·i·ga·bly, adverbun·nav·i·ga·bil·i·ty, nounun·nav·i·ga·ble, adjectiveun·nav·i·ga·ble·ness, nounun·nav·i·ga·bly, adverb

Words nearby navigable

navette, navew, navicert, navicular, navig., navigable, navigable semicircle, navigate, navigation, Navigation Act, Navigation Acts

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How to use navigable in a sentence

About five years ago, the Congo Basin research center began installing a network of water-monitoring stations to address the “severe lack of basic knowledge” about the river’s main navigable channels, which often serve as roads.
How to measure all the world’s fresh water|Maria Gallucci|December 22, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Big Thicket is also a gateway to some 313 miles of navigable waterways, including three designated paddling trails through cypress sloughs, rivers, creeks, and oxbow lakes.
The 5 Best Water Adventures in Texas|kklein|July 8, 2021|Outside Online
The British had landed five days earlier near the head of navigable waters on the Patuxent River, southeast of Washington.
In 1814, British forces burned the U.S. Capitol|Joel Achenbach|January 6, 2021|Washington Post
At the highest navigable point of the Congo River, thick jungle creates an impenetrable wall of green around a large island.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This one literally takes up four corners on Rue Sherbrooke, all navigable via underground routes.
The Foodie Capital of Canada|Michele Willens|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The title to the bed of all lakes, ponds, and navigable rivers to the ordinary high-water mark is vested in the states.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The distance from the navigable waters of the Missouri to the navigable waters of the Columbia is less than three hundred miles.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
The river has a deeper channel than the Missouri, and is navigable through the summer months.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
It is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse-Kiang, the largest river of Asia, navigable for fifteen hundred miles.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866|Various
On our right is a mile-long channel leading to South Walsham Broad, part of which is navigable and part private.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.

British Dictionary definitions for navigable

navigable

/ (ˈnævɪɡəbəl) /

adjective

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

capable of being steered or controlleda navigable raft

Derived forms of navigable

navigability or navigableness, nounnavigably, adverb

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