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navigable

[nav-i-guh-buhl] / ˈnæv ɪ gə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
traversable
Synonyms


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DC Water violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into navigable waters, the lawsuit in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The WSV said it's difficult to say when the river will become fully navigable, as temperatures are expected to drop below freezing point again.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Ben Cottam is the director of the Canal and River Trust for Wales which looks after navigable canals and waterways.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Some are navigable, as we saw in “Six Feet Under.”

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

When he thought that the river was navigable, José Arcadio Segundo gave his brother a detailed account of his plans and the latter gave him the money he needed for the enterprise.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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