transportable
transportable Lexical Profile
transportable Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Capable of being carried, moved, or conveyed from one place to another.
"The medical team set up a transportable X-ray machine in the rural clinic."
(Historical) Subject to or involving the punishment of penal transportation to a distant colony.
"In nineteenth-century Britain, sheep stealing was considered a transportable offense."
• noun
Australian A prefabricated, relocatable building used as a temporary classroom, office, or dwelling.
"Due to rising enrollment, the primary school held several classes in transportables at the edge of the oval."
Word Nuance & Usage
While 'portable' usually refers to lightweight items easily carried by hand, 'transportable' often applies to heavier or larger structures and equipment that can be moved from one location to another by vehicle.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in late Middle English or borrowed from French 'transportable', from the verb 'transport' (from Latin 'transportare', meaning 'to carry across') and the suffix '-able'.