impassable
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editimpassable (comparative more impassable, superlative most impassable)
- (of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
- 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:
- At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
- 1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The railway and the Devon floods”, in Trains Illustrated, page 709:
- [...] at Cowley Bridge Junction, east of Exeter, both lines were impassable from about 1.30 p.m.—the first flooding of the junction for 36 years—and by the evening the water had risen two-thirds of the way up the platforms at St. Davids as Exeter faced its worst flooding for 60 years.
- (of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
- (of currency) Not usable as legal tender.
Synonyms
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editincapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated
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See also
editFrench
editEtymology
editAdjective
editimpassable (plural impassables)
Further reading
edit- “impassable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.