Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being swum.
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- adjective of a body of water Able to be
swum in or across
Etymologies
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Examples
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This was a really pretty town, the nicest 'swimmable' beach we had seen and lots of beautiful scenery, harbours and lakes and things!
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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As recently reported in the American-Statesman, TCEQ plans to change the standards for the vast majority of Texas rivers and streams from the current "contract recreation" designation, which allows only 126 colonies of E. coli bacteria, to new designations that would allow 206 colonies in some "swimmable" waters and up to 630 colonies in waters used primarily for fishing and boating.
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And recent changes, like the recent MWRD disinfection decision, leave me hopeful about swimmable too.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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The Clean Water Act holds out the goal of American waters that are both “fishable and swimmable.” In the Windy City, we have done a great job of moving closer to that fishable goal.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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And recent changes, like the recent MWRD disinfection decision, leave me hopeful about swimmable too.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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And recent changes, like the recent MWRD disinfection decision, leave me hopeful about swimmable too.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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The Clean Water Act holds out the goal of American waters that are both “fishable and swimmable.” In the Windy City, we have done a great job of moving closer to that fishable goal.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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The Clean Water Act holds out the goal of American waters that are both “fishable and swimmable.” In the Windy City, we have done a great job of moving closer to that fishable goal.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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And recent changes, like the recent MWRD disinfection decision, leave me hopeful about swimmable too.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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The Clean Water Act holds out the goal of American waters that are both “fishable and swimmable.” In the Windy City, we have done a great job of moving closer to that fishable goal.
Henry Henderson: Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Underscores Choice Between Dead Zone or Clean Waterway Future Henry Henderson 2012
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