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Definition of penetrable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

penetrable

adjective

/ˈpenətrəbl/

/ˈpenətrəbl/

(formal)

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that allows something to be pushed into or through it; that can have a way made through it
- soil that is easily penetrable with a fork
opposite impenetrable

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