Definition of "navigable" []

• Sufficiently deep or wide to provide passage for vessels: navigable waters; a navigable river. (adjective)
• That can be steered. Used of boats, ships, or aircraft. (adjective)

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• "In Michigan, you the sportsperson have the right to fish in navigable streams, up to this ordinary high water mark."
• "You can't use the calendar to pinpoint smallmouth whereabouts in navigable rivers, but it does help to know that their location follows a general pattern."
• "The word navigable is so vague that it requires some definition before we can apply it to any particular stream."