transportable (redirected from transportables)

trans·port  (trns-pôrt, -prt)

tr.v. trans·port·ed, trans·port·ing, trans·ports

1. To carry from one place to another; convey. See Synonyms at convey.

2. To move to strong emotion; carry away; enrapture. See Synonyms at enrapture.

3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport. See Synonyms at banish.

n. (trnspôrt, -prt)

1. The act of transporting; conveyance.

2. The condition of being transported by emotion; rapture.

3. A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.

4. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.

5.

a. The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.

b. The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.

6. A device that moves magnetic tape beyond the recording head, as of a tape recorder.

7. A deported convict.

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[Middle English transporten, from Old French transporter, from Latin trnsportre : trns-, trans- + portre, to carry; see per-² in Indo-European roots.]

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trans·porta·bili·ty n.

trans·porta·ble adj.

trans·porter n.

trans·portive adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transportable - capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another moveable, transferable, transferrable, movable mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"

Translations

transportable [trænsˈpɔːtəbl] ADJ → transportable

transportable

adj → transportabel, transportierbar