How do you use Fordable in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like shallow, plus the exact meaning.
Fordable in a sentence
Fordable meaning
Able to be forded.
Synonyms of Fordable
Using Fordable
- The main meaning on this page is: Able to be forded.
- Useful related words include: shallow.
- In the example corpus, fordable often appears in combinations such as: was fordable, fordable at.
Context around Fordable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fordable
- In this selection, "fordable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, intermittently stand out and add context to how "fordable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and only fordable intermittently fronted and cassino was fordable the flooding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fordable" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fordable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the south, the Ruvuma River was fordable only its upper reaches. (12 words)
Goring, p. 15. Where the river was fordable (at Cow Ford), the village of Eye Cross grew. (17 words)
The wide Danube was always fordable at this point because of a small number of islands in the middle of the river. (22 words)
Whilst the task of crossing the river would be easier in that the Rapido upstream of Cassino was fordable, the flooding made movement on the approaches each side very difficult. (30 words)
A small stream, the Nebel, (the ground either side of which was soft and marshy and only fordable intermittently), fronted the French line. (23 words)
The wide Danube was always fordable at this point because of a small number of islands in the middle of the river. (22 words)
Example sentences (5)
A small stream, the Nebel, (the ground either side of which was soft and marshy and only fordable intermittently), fronted the French line.
Goring, p. 15. Where the river was fordable (at Cow Ford), the village of Eye Cross grew.
On the south, the Ruvuma River was fordable only its upper reaches.
The wide Danube was always fordable at this point because of a small number of islands in the middle of the river.
Whilst the task of crossing the river would be easier in that the Rapido upstream of Cassino was fordable, the flooding made movement on the approaches each side very difficult.
Common combinations with fordable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was fordable 3×
- fordable at 2×