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  • adjective Able to be surfed

Etymologies

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surf +‎ -able

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Examples

  • "surfable," but whose residents might not know it yet.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2009

  • "surfable," but whose residents might not know it yet.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2009

  • The northernmost of Georgia's barrier islands, Tybee Island has sandy beaches, surfable waves, fishing piers and glowing sunsets over water.

    Drive-Through Vacations 2011

  • Alamy The northernmost of Georgia's barrier islands, Tybee Island has sandy beaches, surfable waves, fishing piers and glowing sunsets over water.

    Road Tripping! 2011

  • The shape of the bottom — along with wooden boards wedged into the canal by local surfers — creates a fast but surfable standing wave that has become the most popular “river-surfing” spot in Europe.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • December in particular is when the waves can peak at 20 to 50 feet along the seven-mile stretch of highly surfable coast, blessed with some of the world's most revered breaks, from Waimea Bay to Sunset Beach.

    Chilling Out in Oahu 2010

  • SB: Like I said, I had done several artworks that featured oil platforms because they're a part of my surfing experience here in L.A. There's actually one oil platform that has surfable waves in huge winter swells: Oil Platform ESTHER off of Seal Beach.

    John Seed: Don't Fear These Oil Rigs: They are Just Works of Art 2010

  • The shape of the bottom — along with wooden boards wedged into the canal by local surfers — creates a fast but surfable standing wave that has become the most popular “river-surfing” spot in Europe.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • The shape of the bottom — along with wooden boards wedged into the canal by local surfers — creates a fast but surfable standing wave that has become the most popular “river-surfing” spot in Europe.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • I remember hearing that too, but it was more of an undercurrent than a surfable wave to ride.

    Still More Signs That Stevens Is Going Down 2009

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