navigable
IPA: nˈævʌgʌbʌɫ
adjective
- (of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
- (of a boat) Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
- (of a balloon) Steerable, dirigible.
- Easy to navigate.
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Examples of "navigable" in Sentences
- The river is navigable.
- The river is navigable for the first.
- The river is navigable downstream of the city.
- The word navigable is so vague that it requires some definition before we can apply it to any particular stream.
- In Michigan, you the sportsperson have the right to fish in navigable streams, up to this ordinary high water mark.
- With more serious fare and fewer glitzy stars, that means even the streets are a tad more navigable, which is nice.
- The Supreme Court, with Bush administration backing, held that only "navigable" waterways could enjoy protections of this law.
- You can't use the calendar to pinpoint smallmouth whereabouts in navigable rivers, but it does help to know that their location follows a general pattern.
- Colorado has no "navigable" rivers under English common law, said John Hill, a lawyer for the Gunnison property owner who banned rafting companies on the Taylor River.
- Earlier this month, the LA River was declared "navigable" by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and thus subject to the Clean Water Act Protections for the first time.
- St. Rhémy, for the road (which broadened there, and became "navigable" for motor cars as well as horse-drawn vehicles), wound down still among stupendous mountains capped with snow, jagged peaks of dark granite, and purple porphyry which glowed crimson in contrast with the dazzling snow.
- The current of the Crati is more spasmodic and destructive than in classical times when the river was "navigable"; and to one of its inundations may be due this legend of the deluge; to the same one, maybe, that affected the courses of this river and the Coscile, mingling their waters which used to flow separately into the Ionian.