wadable

or wade·a·ble

[ wey-duh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that can be waded:

   a wadable stream.

Other Words From

• un·wada·ble adjective
• un·wadea·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wadable¹

First recorded in 1605–15; wade + -able

Example Sentences

For centuries, virtually nothing but an often easily wadable Rio Grande stood between the city and Juarez.

From Fox News

For centuries, virtually nothing but an often easily wadable Rio Grande stood between the city and Juarez.

From Fox News

For centuries, virtually nothing but an often easily wadable Rio Grande stood between the city and Juarez.

From Seattle Times

Clinton's charts had told him that the low-tide depth in the Breach was a wadable 18 inches.

From Time Magazine Archive

How the Weser did prove wadable, as Schmettau had said to no purpose; wadable, bridgable; and Royal Highness had to wriggle back, ever back; no stand to be made, or far worse than none: back, ever back, till he got into the Sea, for that matter, and to the END of more than one thing!

From Project Gutenberg