passable
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈpæsəbl/
:
transitable
- 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
Can be crossed by walking or driving
A place like a road or path that vehicles can move along
Able to be driven on public roads like a car
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.