descendable

Able to lower

Descendable describes something that can be descended—gone down or climbed down: The cliff looked steep but descendable.

In legal contexts, descendable refers to property or rights that can pass to heirs: The title was descendable through the male line.

Also spelled descendible.

routes

staircase

Indoor flight of steps

  • ladderPortable climbing frame
  • slopeAngled terrain or steepness
  • rampSloped connecting surface

trail · pathway · stairs · steps · incline · stairwell · gangway · corridor · chute · slide

climbing

rappel

Controlled rope descent

harness · carabiner · anchor · pitch · chimney · lowering · downclimb · scramble · crevasse · couloir

equipment

escalator

Automated people-lifting stairs

ramp · lift · funicular · chairlift · gondola · stairlift · bannister · rope

Opposites
traversability downward

descendableimpassable

Impossible to traverse

blocked · impenetrable · inaccessible · insurmountable · unnavigable

directional possibility

descendableascendable

Able to be climbed

climbable · scalable

Family

descent, descend, downward, descendant, descending, descended, descends, descender, ascendable

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G