Definition of navigable

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Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river..

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Navigability :: Navigability (n.) The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.
Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..
Voyageable :: Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable..
Navigable :: Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river..
Fairway :: Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels..
Portage :: Portage (v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters..
Drawbridge :: Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..
Quay :: Quay (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels..
Innavigable :: Innavigable (a.) Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.
Navigation :: Navigation (n.) The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
Boatable :: Boatable (a.) Navigable for boats, or small river craft..
Snag :: Snag (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk..
Fathom :: Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings..
Portage :: Portage (n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Circumnavigable :: Circumnavigable (a.) Capable of being sailed round.
Sasse :: Sasse (n.) A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable..
Sailable :: Sailable (a.) Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river..
Carry :: Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage..
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