Commodious Definition

kə-mōdē-əs
adjective
Offering plenty of room; spacious; roomy.
Webster's New World
Suitable; handy.
American Heritage

Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.

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Origin of Commodious

  • Middle English convenient from Medieval Latin commodiōsus from Latin commodus com- com- modus measure med- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1423. From Latin commodiōsus, from commodus.

    From Wiktionary

Commodious Sentence Examples

  • The harbour is safe and commodious, but has a bar at the mouth.

  • Each of these divisions of the city possesses a large and commodious harbour, that of the inner town, or city proper, being protected by strong fortifications.

  • The fine bay in front of the city, affording a safe and commodious harbour, is formed by an island stretching along the south of it.

  • This lagoon forms a commodious harbour, once the bar has been crossed.

  • Aberdeen is served by the Caledonian, Great North of Scotland and North British railways (occupying a commodious joint railway station), and there is regular communication by sea with London and the chief ports on the eastern coast of Great Britain and the northern shores of the Continent.

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