Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fit for walking; capable of being walked on.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be walked.
  • adjective Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

walk +‎ -able

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Examples

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

  • In the period after the widespread ownership of the automobile, but before zoning codes became widespread, the most common neighborhood design consisted of single-family homes on individual lots of about 4000-7500 square feet, close to the sidewalk, in walkable neighborhoods.

    Matthew Yglesias » All Planning is Planning 2010

  • People want to live in walkable, high quality, urban areas.

    Ginna Kelly: Sprawl and Cappuccino Cowboys Ginna Kelly 2010

  • They are so handy and so necessary for shoppers who live in walkable cities/villages.

    Shopping Local Style 2009

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