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climbable

climbable

2.0
Something you can go up using your hands and feet, like a tree or wall
  • adjective
  • /ˈklaɪməbl/
translation icon : escalable
  • The playground has a climbable structure that challenges children to develop their physical skills.

Examples

  • He turned around and started climbing, too, leaning heavily on his staff, leading her up a steep but climbable grade beside the waterfall, toward a small cave in a rocky wall hidden by hazelnut bushes.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • We can never make childproof, climbable exhibits.

  • It looked climbable, if a little tricky, and I felt myself drawn to try.

    Blog text (9)

  • You don't drop what you're doing to do it, but next time you see a tree, a climbable tree, do it.

  • A pole ladder of up to 5 meters in height may be employed to reach the climbable branches of a kaTante honey tree.

    Academic text (1993)

  • I tower in the middle of a finest full p134 of goblins; he would not leave its gates standing open or let its walls grow over with climbable vines like that.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The mountain was steep, but the guide assured us that it was climbable for experienced hikers.

  • We found a climbable cliff that was perfect for our rock climbing adventure this weekend.

Synonyms

surmountable
vsclimbable
2 4.8

Possible to get past or deal with

is about being possible to go up physically rather than to overcome problems
ascendable
vsclimbable
6.4

Something you can climb, like a hill

is specifically suitable for going up by people rather than general capability
ascendible
vsclimbable
7.9

Easy to climb

is the standard form used for the same capability

How Climbable

scalable
  • Specialized
11 4.8
climbable
2.0
difficult
∞ 1.6
unclimbable
1 4.7

Surface Forms

climbable positive

Morphology

climbable = climb (transparent) = climb + able

Standard adjective formation from the verb 'climb' with the productive suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being', so the meaning is directly and predictably derived.

Etymology

The word climbable is made from the verb climb and the ending -able, which means 'able to be'. So climbable means something you can climb, like a wall or a tree.