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English
Etymology
From cross + -able.
Adjective
crossable (comparative more crossable, superlative most crossable)
- Able to be crossed.
After the heavy rains, the river was no longer easily crossable.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289:Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth, but visiting Cape York at this time of year was unavoidable for me, as the wet season is the only time of year that the Red-bellied Pitta and Black-winged Monarch are present, spending the rest of their time in New Guinea.
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