portable
adjective /ˈpɔː.tə.bl̩/
/ˈpɔːr.t̬ə-/ Definition
C1 light and small enough to be easily carried or moved: a portable radio/phone/computerSmallExtremely smallLight and weightless › possible to take with you if you move to a different place or job: They offer portable pensions, carried by employees from job to job. Your phone number is portable if you decide to move to a different home or office.
(Definition of portable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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