swimmable

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English

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Etymology

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From swim +‎ -able.

Adjective

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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.