Definition of navigable
1a : deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships navigable waterwaysb : capable of being navigated navigable terrain
2 : capable of being steered
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Examples of navigable in a Sentence
The marsh was navigable only by canoe.
this map shows which rivers are navigable and which aren't
Recent Examples of navigable from the Web
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The Gold Souk district stretches along the Deira side of Dubai Creek, a navigable waterway that is the heart of old town Dubai.
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In contrast, the agency protected research activities that bolster the agency’s recently created list of 10 big ideas—from better understanding the rules of life to exploring a more navigable Arctic—that NSF hopes to pursue in the years to come.
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The Gold Souk district stretches along the Deira side of Dubai Creek, a navigable waterway that is the heart of old town Dubai.
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The Baro River is the only navigable river in Ethiopia.
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The 1972 law gave the agencies control over navigable rivers and interstate waterways, but a series of court rulings left the extent of that power ambiguous.
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In February, Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to review Obama’s expanded definition of navigable waters with a view to rescinding it.
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Both Ohio and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains the shipping channels, have been working on finding new ways of the silt that is dredged from harbors to keep them navigable.
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By upscaling a 2D video game level to a 3D-navigable jaunt, the level's dangers lessen.
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First Known Use of navigable
15th century
NAVIGABLE Defined for English Language Learners
navigable
playDefinition of navigable for English Language Learners
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: deep and wide enough for boats and ships to travel on or through : capable of being navigated
NAVIGABLE Defined for Kids
navigable
playDefinition of navigable for Students
1 : deep enough and wide enough to permit passage of ships a navigable river
2 : possible to steer a navigable balloon
navigability
\ˌna-vi-gə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ nounLearn More about navigable
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