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US
/ˈpæsəbəɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəbəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːsəbəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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able to be passed or traversed or crossed
the road is passable -
about average; acceptable
more than adequate as a secretary
How To Use passable In A Sentence
- Modder River, when all day long most of our men were quite unable to discover on which side of the stream the Boer entrenchments were, and in what they called clever trickery, but we called treachery, they are absolutely unsurpassable. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
- Even two songs cut with hot producer Gavin Brown and ace keyboardist Richard Bell are merely passable.
- The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.
- The three rivers can become impassable after rain, and trampers usually traverse west to east, so that the river wades are predictable at the time of departure.
- Thus the new connotations and conceptualizations put forth by the Fathers revitalized the Church's memory of what the Apostles taught, and historical theology today would enable us to revitalize our memory of what the "unsurpassable" Fathers taught. Archive 2007-03-01
- Back roads around Tollerton were almost impassable because of standing water and the only clear way in and out of the village was on the road to and from the A19.
- But, amazingly, it was passable from the second to fifth floors. USATODAY.com - Miracles emerge from debris
- The timing was perfect: The suburban lifestyle was taking hold, the cocktail party was replacing the urban barroom, making passable, munchable food as essential as ice cubes. One Big Table
- The very roads that permit us to travel may be impassable barriers to other species.
- What the notes don't tell you is that the flexible sprays of bay leaves can still be shaped into a passable laurel crown. Christianity Today