English edit

Etymology edit

swim +‎ -able

Adjective edit

swimmable (comparative more swimmable, superlative most swimmable)

  1. (of a body of water) Able to be swum in or across
    • 2007 January 30, Anahad O’Connor, “Looking to the Hudson for Rockland’s Water Needs”, in New York Times[1]:
      Those efforts have helped the Hudson inch closer to the healthy, swimmable river that it was before industry sprouted along its banks.