navigable.

1. Deep or clear enough for boats or ships to travel through.

2. Possible to move through or use without losing the way or becoming blocked.

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Words that belong together

• a navigable river
• navigable waters

On the page

The river remained navigable only as far as the ruined lock.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more navigable; superlative most navigable where comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.