fordable
/'fɔ:dəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Shallow enough to be crossed by wading or driving: Describes a body of water, typically a river or stream, that is not too deep and has a solid enough bottom to allow safe passage on foot, on an animal, or in a suitable vehicle.
Usage
- The primary use of "fordable" is to describe the physical characteristic of a river or stream. It is often used in travel, hiking, military, or historical contexts.
- It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like "is" or "was").
Examples
- Adjective:
- After the dry season, the river became fordable at several points.
- The scouts searched for a fordable section of the creek to cross with their horses.
- The old military map indicated that the stream was fordable by light vehicles.
Advanced Usage
- "Easily fordable": Emphasizes that crossing requires minimal effort or difficulty.
- The shallow, rocky bed made the river easily fordable.
- "No longer fordable": Indicates that conditions (like heavy rain) have changed, making crossing impossible by wading.
- The spring melt rendered the once-fordable stream treacherous and deep.
Variants and Related Words
- Ford (n): A shallow place in a river or stream where it can be crossed.
- They met at the ford to exchange goods.
- Ford (v): To cross a river or stream at a shallow point.
- The pioneers had to ford the river with their wagons.
- Unfordable (adj): Not able to be forded; too deep or dangerous to cross by wading.
- The floodwaters made the river completely unfordable.
Synonyms
- Crossable (by wading): Capable of being crossed on foot through water.
- Wadable (less common): Alternative spelling meaning capable of being waded through.
Antonyms
- Unfordable: Not shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- Impassable: Incapable of being passed or crossed.
Adjective
- shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
- the stream was fordable