as in transferable
capable of being taken from one place to another by public carrier
you'll need to see if that food is transportable overseas before you send boxes of it to your relatives in the military
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Recent Examples of transportable
By creating smaller, transportable units, the researchers aim to provide power to locations that are difficult to reach with traditional electrical grids.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
She's got to be at mid-size, but not huge; portable, transportable, that kind of thing.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
These are easily transportable works, but certainly not marketable in broad daylight, and they cannot be dismembered like the jewels in the Louvre.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Many of the systems used to deploy such weaponry are small and easily transportable, so tracking them down is not easy.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The radar system for THAADs is the AN/TPY-2 transportable radar, manufactured by Raytheon.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Reliable, transportable, familiar.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
On the other hand, naval reactors are transportable and intended to be installed in warships.
—New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026
In cases like these, a storage cart with wheels makes storing the detergent, bleach, and other easy and transportable from the house to the garage.
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
She's got to be at mid-size, but not huge; portable, transportable, that kind of thing.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
These are easily transportable works, but certainly not marketable in broad daylight, and they cannot be dismembered like the jewels in the Louvre.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Many of the systems used to deploy such weaponry are small and easily transportable, so tracking them down is not easy.
—Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The radar system for THAADs is the AN/TPY-2 transportable radar, manufactured by Raytheon.
—Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Reliable, transportable, familiar.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
On the other hand, naval reactors are transportable and intended to be installed in warships.
—New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2026
In cases like these, a storage cart with wheels makes storing the detergent, bleach, and other easy and transportable from the house to the garage.
—Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transportable
transferable
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But over the last four years, the village secured $76 million in funding that isn’t transferable to new projects, said Key Biscayne grant manager Colleen Durfee.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Many foreign worker visas in Israel are tied to a specific employer and are non-transferable.—
Theia Chatelle,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Transportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transportable. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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