portable
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Adjective 4 meanings
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
“a portable pension plan”
Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
Noun 2 meanings
A portable building used for temporary purposes
A hand-held video gaming device.
Etymology
From Middle English portable, from Middle French portable and Latin portābilis. By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -able.
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PORTABLE at a glance
PORTABLE has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + A 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,369 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with portable
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- SORTABLE10
- PORTABLY15
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