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
Aya Neo is a relatively young company that formed in 2020, but it’s already put out a few well-regarded portables, and the Next is its first big redesign.
From The Verge ● Mar. 18, 2022
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
“School! Cahokia funded some portables in the old schoolyard. It’s only two days a week so far, the rest is online.”
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2020
But then they both turn the corner of one of the portables and join me under the magnolia tree like regular.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
