Definitions for portable

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portable port·a·ble

Spelling: [pawr-tuh-buh l, pohr-]

IPA: /ˈpɔr tə bəl, ˈpoʊr-/

Portable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 441 anagrams from letters in portable (abeloprt).

Definitions for portable

noun

1. something that is portable, especially as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart:

adjective

1. capable of being transported or conveyed:
2. easily carried or conveyed by hand:
3. Computers. (of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems.
4. Obsolete. endurable.

Origin of portable

First recorded in 1375-1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word portābilis. See port⁵, -able

Examples for portable

I tore off the cover, and disclosed an elegant and portable edition of ‘Marmion.’

Few invalids are too feeble to whisper at the light, portable ear of metal.

I'd have to wear the portable G-ray all the time, and that's not so comfortable.

“We are Moroccans,” went out the cry over a portable loudspeaker.

This will aggregate a portable audience that you can later introduce to your crowdfunding launch.

But we have been led a long way from Kaiser Max and his portable monument.

For myself, the NeuroSky is a convenient, portable EEG device that provides most of the rudimentary meditation help I need.

There are edit suites mounted on shopping carts, and portable generators to power them.

portable snacks are good to have on hand, too, says Jessica Crandall, RDN, Denver Wellness & Nutrition Director.

The clumsy framework of the receiver was reduced to a neat and portable size.