drivable
adjective
driv·able
ˈdrī-və-bəl 
variants
or less commonly driveable
1
a
: capable of being driven
The car was damaged but still drivable.
Back in the yard, he led me on a brief tour of the accumulated cars. All of them, according to him, were much closer to being drivable than they appeared.—
Ian Frazier
Ian Frazier
b
: capable of being driven on or over
a drivable road
… a faint skein of … trails and washed-out dirt roads from the colonial era, only parts of it drivable and then only in the dry season.—Neil Sheehan
Neil Sheehan
c
: reachable by driving
a drivable destination
Below, find some of the most enticing, drivable options away from the Twin Cities, from genre-specific fests to vastly diverse celebrations.—Michael Madden
Michael Madden2
golf
: able to be reached by a drive from the tee
a drivable green
a drivable par four
drivability
noun
or less commonly driveability
… preserving the standard engine's fuel economy and drivability.
—Jean Lindamood
Jean Lindamood
Examples of drivable in a Sentence
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Chief engineer Tony Fong said that the car is in a drivable state but still undergoing final adjustments.
—Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The museum is a stop on the drivable South Shore Irish Heritage Trail, which winds its way through nine Massachusetts coastal towns, from Weymouth to Plymouth.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
The road, which opens when the snow has melted enough to be plowed and closes when the snow returns, is typically drivable from Memorial Day to mid-October.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
Probably nothing like the concept car images in this piece, which the company created as a drivable model for Sony's Gran Turismo.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
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Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The museum is a stop on the drivable South Shore Irish Heritage Trail, which winds its way through nine Massachusetts coastal towns, from Weymouth to Plymouth.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
The road, which opens when the snow has melted enough to be plowed and closes when the snow returns, is typically drivable from Memorial Day to mid-October.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024
Probably nothing like the concept car images in this piece, which the company created as a drivable model for Sony's Gran Turismo.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2024
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“Drivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drivable. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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