Definition of untraversable in English:
untraversable
adjectiveʌntrəˈvəːsəb(ə)lˌəntrəˈvərsəbəl
Impossible to travel across or through.
an untraversable six-lane stream of traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- At that moment I believed Oliver and I stood on opposite sides of an untraversable chasm.
- The front entrance to the Daily Planet was untraversable, the great bronze doors jammed beyond any hope of opening by the collapse of the stone jamb overhead.
- Once the Americas were kept separated from Europe, not by vast and untraversable distances, but by belief in vast and untraversable distances.
- The weather had gotten bad enough to make the roads untraversable.
- There is an electric train which took us 5km into the caves but the untraversable and most breath-taking part we saw on foot.
Synonyms
blocked, closed, obstructed, impenetrable
Definition of untraversable in US English:
untraversable
adjectiveˌəntrəˈvərsəbəlˌəntrəˈvərsəbəl
Impossible to travel across or through.
an untraversable six-lane stream of traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- The front entrance to the Daily Planet was untraversable, the great bronze doors jammed beyond any hope of opening by the collapse of the stone jamb overhead.
- At that moment I believed Oliver and I stood on opposite sides of an untraversable chasm.
- There is an electric train which took us 5km into the caves but the untraversable and most breath-taking part we saw on foot.
- Once the Americas were kept separated from Europe, not by vast and untraversable distances, but by belief in vast and untraversable distances.
- The weather had gotten bad enough to make the roads untraversable.
Synonyms
blocked, closed, obstructed, impenetrable