fordable


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ford

 (fôrd)
n.
A shallow place in a body of water, such as a river, where one can cross by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle.
tr.v. ford·ed, ford·ing, fords
To cross (a body of water) at a ford.

[Middle English, from Old English; see per- in Indo-European roots.]

ford′a·ble adj.
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Adj.1.fordable - shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle; "the stream was fordable"
shallow - lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
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fordable

[ˈfɔːdəbl] ADJvadeable
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fordable

[ˈfɔːdəbl] adjguadabile
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The rains that are almost continually falling in this season make it impossible to go far from home, for the rivers overflow their banks, and therefore, in a place like this, where there are neither bridges nor boats, are, if they are not fordable, utterly impassable.
I stood in the rain, and shivered, and wondered what to do, till it occurred to me that perhaps the creek was fordable. Back I went to the narrowest point and waded in.
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