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wadable

wadable

4.9
Shallow enough to walk through water
  • adjective
translation icon : transitable
  • The guide checked if the river was wadable before leading the group across.

Examples

  • After the drought, the stream became wadable and children could cross it safely.

  • In summer, the water level drops and the creek is usually wadable for hikers.

  • The river is wadable during the summer months.

  • Is this area wadable for children?

  • The river is shallow and wadable during the summer months, making it perfect for families.

  • We found a wadable section of the creek where the children could safely splash around.

  • After the rain, several wadable areas along the beach allowed us to walk along the water's edge.

Synonyms

walkable
vswadable
8 2.8

Easy and safe to move around on foot

focuses on being shallow enough to cross on foot through water
traversable
vswadable
1 5.7

People can cross it by walking or driving

is limited to crossing on foot through shallow water
wadeable
vswadable
4.6

Shallow enough to walk through the water

is an alternative spelling with identical meaning
fordable
vswadable
6.3

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

focuses on crossing only by walking through water
crossable
vswadable
3.5

Can be crossed by walking or driving

is specific to crossing shallow water by walking through it
travelable
vswadable
5.1

A place like a road or path that vehicles can move along

is about crossing shallow water on foot rather than road suitability

Antonyms

1.0

Far down from the surface or top

13 5.3

A road, path, or area you cannot travel through

How Shallow

wadable
4.9
shallow
155 1.6
deep
332 1.0

Surface Forms

wadable positive

Morphology

wadable = wade (transparent) = wade + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'wade' with '-able' meaning 'able to be waded', which a B1 learner can infer from the components.

Etymology

The word wadable comes from the word wade, which means 'to walk through water', and the ending -able, meaning 'can be'. So, wadable describes a river or stream that is shallow enough to cross on foot.