walkable

walkable
/waw"keuh beuhl/, adj.
1. capable of being traveled, crossed, or covered by walking: a walkable road; a walkable distance.
2. suited to or adapted for walking: walkable shoes.
[1730-40; WALK + -ABLE]

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