impassable
/ɪmˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
impassable adjective: incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
Adjective
impassable (comparative more impassable, superlative most impassable)
- Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
- 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.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408
- [...] 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.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The railway and the Devon floods”, in Trains Illustrated, page 709
- Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
- Not usable as legal tender.
impassable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impassable in Hindi
- impassable, unfordable
- अपार apār
impassable in Tamil
- கடக்க முடியாத, செல்லுதற்கரிய
impassable in Urdu
- ناقابل گزر
impassable in Bengali
- অগম্য, দুর্গম
More languagesFewer languages
- impassable in Malayalam
- കടക്കാൻ പറ്റാത്ത, കടന്നുപോകാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, കടന്നുപോകാൻ വഹിയാത്ത, ചെല്ലാൻ പറ്റാത്ത
Synonyms of impassable
Forms of impassable
| comparative | more impassable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most impassable |
Origin of impassable
From im- + pass + -able.
Words formed from impassable
Questions about impassable
- What does impassable mean?
- Impassable means incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
- What is impassable in Hindi?
- Impassable in Hindi is अपार (apār). See Impassable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impassable?
- Impassable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce impassable?
- Impassable is pronounced /ɪmˈpɑː.sə.bəl/.
Words near impassable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impassable (page history and authors); अपार (Hindi) (page history and authors); impassable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impassable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Impassable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impassable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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