Portable Definition

pôrtə-bəl
portables
adjective
That can be carried.
Webster's New World
Easily carried or moved, esp. by hand.
A portable TV.
Webster's New World
Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.
American Heritage
That can be used anywhere because operated by self-contained batteries.
A portable radio.
Webster's New World
Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.
American Heritage
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noun
portables
Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease.
American Heritage
Something portable.
Webster's New World

Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school.

Wiktionary

(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Portable

Noun

Singular:
portable
Plural:
portables

Origin of Portable

  • Middle English from Old French from Late Latin portābilis from Latin portāre to carry per-2 in Indo-European roots

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

  • From French portable.

    From Wiktionary

Portable Sentence Examples

  • Portable altars have been used on occasion since the time of Bede.

  • His portable electrometer is shown in fig.

  • Dean grabbed the paper, gave a glance to the parlor and picked up the portable phone.

  • After breakfast Keaton retrieved a portable razor from his car.

  • The early Jewish portable censer would seem to have been a bowl with a handle, resembling a ladle.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOR

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ELEBLE

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