portable
adjective
capable of being transported or conveyed.
portables
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pluralof portable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Built into a refurbished shipping container, it’s filled with everything from tiny Walkman-style portables to colorful, number-flip clock radios and, naturally, boomboxes of all sizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Like Northshore, the Lake Washington district — which has grown by 31% since 2008 — also wants to build classrooms and reduce its use of portables.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Just beware of the comparably low 30-watt limit on this charger, which isn’t sufficient to provide enough juice for more powerful portables like the MacBook Pro.
From The Verge ● Oct. 27, 2021
The whole school will be in portables until the renovations are completed.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2020
At break, Isabella and Julia are at our spot behind the portables, and at first all the bad feelings from Halloween come rushing back, but I push them way, way down.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
