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Transportable

/trænˈspɔːr.tə.bəl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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2 senses
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  1. 1

    Capable of being moved or carried easily from one place to another.

    "The laboratory was built using transportable modular units."
  2. 2

    Able to be taken or conveyed across different locations or environments.

    "They designed a lightweight, highly transportable solar generator for camping."

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Derived from the Late Latin 'transportare' (to convey across, from trans- 'across' + portare 'to carry'), combined with the suffix '-able' (capable of). Entering the English language in the late 16th century, the term originally related to goods and physical objects capable of being moved from one place to another.

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