portable
Plural: portables
Noun
- a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried
- A portable building used for temporary purposes
- Clipping of portable toilet.
- A portable building used for temporary purposes
- A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
- Clipping of portable computer.
- A hand-held video gaming device.
Adjective
- easily or conveniently transported
- "a portable television set"
Adjective Satellite
- of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat's hull
- "a portable outboard motor"
Adj
- Able to be carried or easily moved.
- Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
- Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
- Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
- Bearable, endurable.
Examples
- "a portable pension plan"
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
Antonyms
anchored, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, permanent, stationary, unportable
Scrabble Score: 12
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