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fordless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without a ford.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 2006, Maha-bhárata, Book 7, Volume 1, Clay Sanskrit Library, edited and translated by Vaughan Pilikian, New York University Press, p. 185, Drona poured forth a river of death. [...] Not fish but swords swam in its fordless waters, and elephants and horses were where sharks might have been.

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History

Etymology

From ford + -less.