walkable

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈwɔːkəbəl/
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/ˈwɔːkəbəl/ · [ˈwɔːkəbɫ̩]

Definition of walkable

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Able to be walked; suitable for pedestrians.
    “This route is no longer walkable since the bush and the vines grew over it.”
    “Cities were generally much more walkable before the mid-20th century.”
    “What I found turned out to be one of the best beer-drinking destinations I’d visited in Europe, a friendly and undertouristed city of about 750,000 inhabitants — large enough to be interesting, though still walkable.”
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adj

  1. Able to be walked; suitable for pedestrians.
    “This route is no longer walkable since the bush and the vines grew over it.”
    “Cities were generally much more walkable before the mid-20th century.”
    “What I found turned out to be one of the best beer-drinking destinations I’d visited in Europe, a friendly and undertouristed city of about 750,000 inhabitants — large enough to be interesting, though still walkable.”
  2. Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking.
    “Is the train station walkable from here?”
    “Just outside the city centre, briskly walkable and even more briskly busable from the main City site, Charlie Frears has his own medical library and teaching facilities[…]”

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Etymology

From walk + -able.

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