motorable

English

Etymology

motor + -able

Adjective

motorable (comparative more motorable, superlative most motorable)

  1. Which can be traveled on by motor cars.
    • 1974 June 6 [1974 June 1], “Briefs: Shensi County Road-Building”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 110, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page M 1:
      During the Cultural Revolution, Taipai County built 44 roads, increasing the length of motorable road by 360 kilometers.
    • 2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in New York Times:
      And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed.

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