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crossable en · ADJ

Etymology

From cross + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be crossed.
    • After the heavy rains, the river was no longer easily crossable.
    • Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth, but visiting Cape York at this time of year was unavoidable for me, as the wet season is the only time of year that the Red-bellied Pitta and Black-winged Monarch are present, spending the rest of their time in New Guinea. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289:

Forms

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most crossable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more crossable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

crossability · crossableness · uncrossable