Meanings
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adj
shallow, calm, or firm enough to be crossed at a ford on foot, on horseback, or in a vehicle
After several dry weeks, the river was fordable even by the infantry.
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Opposites
unfordableimpassable
Etymology
Formed from ford + -able, literally 'able to be forded.' Ford is an old Germanic word for a shallow place where a river or stream can be crossed.