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wadeable

wadeable

4.6
Shallow enough to walk through the water
  • adjective
  • /ˈweɪdəbl/
translation icon : transitable
  • After the rain, the small creek was wadeable for the adventurous hikers looking to explore.

Examples

  • The river is shallow and wadeable, making it perfect for children to play safely.

  • A similar survey for wadeable streams was completed in 2006.

    Blog text (27)

  • Not wadeable, he decided, unless you didn't mind rock climbing and getting soaked, and then what was the point?

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Although Ken assured me that the river gets large in the spring (there are outfitters that offer multiple-day float trips), in October it is easily wadeable and can be crossed in most places.

    Blog text (21)

  • During the summer, the lake becomes wadeable, allowing families to enjoy the cool water.

Synonyms

wadable
vswadeable
4.9

Shallow enough to walk through water

is the form used as the main entry instead of the variant
fordable
vswadeable
6.3

Shallow enough to walk, ride, or drive across a river

is limited to crossing only on foot, not by riding or driving

Antonyms

deep
∞ 1.0

Far down from the surface or top

How Shallow

wadeable
4.6
shallow
155 1.6
deep
332 1.0

Surface Forms

wadeable positive

Morphology

wadeable = wade (transparent) = wade + able

Formed by the verb 'wade' + productive adjectival suffix '-able', meaning 'able to be waded', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word wadeable comes from wade ('to walk through water') plus the ending -able ('able to be'), so it means 'able to be waded' and describes water that is shallow enough to walk through and cross on foot.