portable

[por·ta·ble]

If something's portable, you can easily take it with you . You may carry your portable computer with you from class to class because it's small, light, and fits easily in your backpack.

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Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.

Noun
a small light typewriter; usually with a case in which it can be carried

Adjective S.
of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat''s hull; "a portable outboard motor"

Adjective
easily or conveniently transported; "a portable television set"


a.
Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.

a.
Possible to be endured; supportable.


Portable

Port"a*ble , a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F. portable. See Port demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine. South. 2. Possible to be endured; supportable. [Obs.]
How light and portable my pain seems now!
Portable forge. See under Forge. -- Portable steam engine. See under Steam engine.

Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.

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Usage Examples

Opportunity expands when there is excellence and choice in education, when taxes are lowered, when every citizen has affordable, portable health insurance and when constitutional freedoms are preserved.

How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.

Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

Aereo is the first potentially transformative technology that has the chance to give people access to broadcast television delivered over the Internet to any device, large or small, they desire. No wires, no new boxes or remotes, portable everywhere there's an Internet connection in the world - truly a revolutionary product.

Second, we're spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We're spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM.

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