/ Dictionary / Index P portable: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: port•a•ble Pronunciation: (pôr'tu-bul, pōr'-), [key] — adj. capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage. easily carried or conveyed by hand: a portable typewriter. (of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems. endurable. —n. something that is portable, esp. as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart: Of their three television sets, one is a portable. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: portable (Thesaurus) portability portage Related Content Daily Word Quiz: apogee Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language