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port·able (pôr′tə bəl)
adjective
- that can be carried
- easily carried or moved, esp. by hand a portable TV
- that can be used anywhere because operated by self-contained batteries a portable radio
- Obsolete bearable; endurable
Etymology: ME < MFr < LL portabilis < portare: see fare
noun
something portable
Related Forms:
- portability port′·abil′·ity noun
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