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# impassable

«impassable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Impossible to go through or travel along, because it is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (impassable)

### meaning for a pupil

Impossible to go through or travel along, because it is blocked, flooded or too rough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, news and safety: roads become impassable after snow or floods; a mountain pass may be impassable in winter. In stories it shows a hard barrier for heroes. Phrase: the road is impassable.

### examples

- The road was impassable after the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x1)
- Snow made the mountain pass impassable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x2)
- A fallen tree left the path impassable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x3)
- Never drive through flood water — it may be impassable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x4)
- The thick jungle was almost impassable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x5)
- The river was impassable without a bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x6)
- “To attempt to fight a battle in this impassable country unknown to my men only makes my task harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/#x7)

### note

Opposite: passable. Not the same as «impossible» (cannot happen at all) or «impassive» (showing no feeling). Safety: if a road is called impassable, do not try to cross it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impassable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impassable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.