Definition of Swimmable

1. Adjective. (context: of a body of water) Able to be swum in or across ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Swimmable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swimmable

swim cap
swim caps
swim lane
swim like a fish
swim meet
swim the Thames
swim the Tiber
swim upstream
swim with sharks
swimathon
swimathons
swimbladder
swimfin
swimfins
swimlane
swimmable (current term)
swimmably
swimmed
swimmer's itch
swimmeret
swimmerets
swimmers
swimmest
swimmeth
swimmier
swimmiest
swimmily
swimming bath

Literary usage of Swimmable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"... to recognize that underlying the design of the overall field analysis is the assumption that we are striving for water of fishable/swimmable qualities—a ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"See «in»/2, ». swimmable (swim'a-bl), a. [< meint l + -<tble.] Capable of being swum. [Rare.] I ... swam everything swimmable. M. IK. ..."

3. Water Quality Indicators Guide: Surface Waters by Charles R. Terrell (1993)
"... to recognize that underlying the design of the overall field analysis is the assumption that we are striving for water of fishable/swimmable qualities—a ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"See «in»/2, ». swimmable (swim'a-bl), a. [< meint l + -<tble.] Capable of being swum. [Rare.] I ... swam everything swimmable. M. IK. ..."

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