navigable

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈnævɪɡəbəl/

Definition of navigable

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
    “[...] on July 16, 1790, a public meeting [...] unanimously approved of a scheme for making the River Soar navigable from Leicester to Loughborough, and "a cut or rail-way from Swannington and the neighbourhood to the bason at Loughborough."”
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adj

  1. Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
    “[...] on July 16, 1790, a public meeting [...] unanimously approved of a scheme for making the River Soar navigable from Leicester to Loughborough, and "a cut or rail-way from Swannington and the neighbourhood to the bason at Loughborough."”
  2. Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
  3. Steerable, dirigible.
  4. Easy to navigate.
    “This Web site isn't very navigable. I can't tell which image links to which page.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French navigable, from Latin navigabilis.

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