passable
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈpæsəbl/
- After the rain, the dirt path became passable for cars that usually struggled with the mud.
- the road was passable
Examples
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Those roads are hardly passable.
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In a week, everyone still alive will be rescued, most streets passable, and much of the electricity restored.
Blog text (5) -
My street is still barely passable due to the heavy snow from last week.
Blog text (14) -
The swamp seemed passable enough.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now the clouds had passed, the sun was shining, and the roads were passable.
Fiction book (2002) -
People and goods now freely circulate across the different military-political zones, at least when the roads are passable.
Academic text (2004) -
Currituck County Emergency Management spokesman Randall Edwards said most of the roads in his county were passable.
Blog text (2) -
The snow had melted, making the mountain road passable for hikers again.
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The local authorities ensured that the streets were passable during the storm for emergency vehicles.
Synonyms
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3.4
Something a person can drive or a car can travel on
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5.7
People can cross it by walking or driving
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4.2
Able to be crossed or passed through
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5.1
A place like a road or path that vehicles can move along
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7.3
Able to be driven on public roads like a car
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3.5
Can be crossed by walking or driving
Antonyms
How Passable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passable comes from the simple verb pass, which means 'to go by' or 'to travel through', plus -able meaning 'able'. So a passable road is one you can go through or 'pass' along.