irrigableadj.
/ˈɪrɪɡəb(ə)l/ Capable of being irrigated; susceptible of irrigation.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [adjective]
watered1531
irrigated1830
irrigable1844
irrigative1861
irrigatorial1867
irrigational1877
irrigatory1884
sprinklered1942
1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 193 To employ the irrigable land on the banks of the canal for agricultural purposes.
1895 Athenæum 14 Sept. 354/1 There is a considerable amount of irrigated country paying well, and an enormous amount of country easily irrigable.
Derivatives
ˈirrigably adv. so as to be irrigable.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [adverb]
irrigably1893
1893 Scribner's Mag. 13 94/1 A ribbon of irrigably level land.
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adj.1844