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portable definition

port·able (pôr′tə bəl)

adjective

  1. that can be carried
    1. easily carried or moved, esp. by hand a portable TV
    2. that can be used anywhere because operated by self-contained batteries a portable radio
  3. Obsolete bearable; endurable

Etymology: ME < MFr < LL portabilis < portare: see fare

noun

something portable

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