Portable

Portable


/pȯr-tə-bəl/


adjective/noun


adjective

easily transported

Books are a uniquely portable magic.


- On Writing by Stephen King (1947-)


noun

a small device that can be easily carried.


Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.


- Your Life Is Fully Mobile in Time Magazine by Nancy Gibbs (1960-)

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