navigable
Americanadjective
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deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships.
a navigable channel.
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capable of being steered or guided, as a ship, aircraft, or missile.
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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.
adjective
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wide, deep, or safe enough to be sailed on or through
a navigable channel
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capable of being steered or controlled
a navigable raft
Other Word Forms
- navigability noun
- navigableness noun
- navigably adverb
- nonnavigability noun
- nonnavigable adjective
- nonnavigableness noun
- nonnavigably adverb
- unnavigability noun
- unnavigable adjective
- unnavigableness noun
- unnavigably adverb
Etymology
Origin of navigable
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin nāvigābilis, equivalent to nāvigā(re) “to sail” ( navigate ) + -bilis -ble
Example Sentences
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The U.S. has been arguing for 53 years now over the definition of two words in the 1972 Clean Water Act: “navigable waters.”
Stretching from Alaska to the pencil tip of Argentina, the 48,000km-long Pan-American Highway holds the record for the world's longest road navigable by motor vehicle.
From BBC
Ben Cottam is the director of the Canal and River Trust for Wales which looks after navigable canals and waterways.
From BBC
They have sections of challenging rapids, but are usually only navigable for two or three months in early summer, according to Briancon's official website.
From BBC
Some are navigable, as we saw in “Six Feet Under.”
From Salon
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