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climbable

climbable adjective: able to be climbed.

Adjective

climbable (comparative more climbable, superlative most climbable)

  1. able to be climbed
    • The sound of 'Shoot! Shoot!' got farther away—they were skipping for the nearest climbable trees.1934, George Orwell, chapter 14, in Burmese Days
    • Dursey Island is a walkers’ paradise, celebrated for its nesting colonies of seabirds, the eminently climbable Cnoc Bólais hill and a signal tower built over 200 years ago to keep watch for Napoleon’s fleet.2015, Turtle Bunbury, "Beyond the blarney: the best hidden gems in Ireland" in The Guardian, Travel, 16 March, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/16/ireland-top-hidden-outdoor-cultural-...

Antonyms of climbable

Forms of climbable

comparativemore climbable
superlativemost climbable

Origin of climbable

From climb + -able.

Words formed from climbable

Questions about climbable

What does climbable mean?
Climbable means able to be climbed.
What part of speech is climbable?
Climbable is an adjective.

Words near climbable in the dictionary

  1. climb-down
  2. climb-downs
  3. climb-out
  4. climb-outs
  5. climbability
  6. climbable
  7. climbazole
  8. climbdown
  9. climbdowns
  10. climbed
  11. climbed down

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