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
Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy has announced the completion of a two-year R&D program designed to advance its transportable microreactor technology.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 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
Anyone on your list will appreciate these sweet-smelling (and highly transportable) mini perfumes with notes of florals, spice, wood, musk, and more.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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
Last year, Harrison Bardwell, the farm’s ninth-generation proprietor, was selling thousands of pounds of cucumbers at a time, transportable by pallet and forklift.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 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
Anyone on your list will appreciate these sweet-smelling (and highly transportable) mini perfumes with notes of florals, spice, wood, musk, and more.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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
Last year, Harrison Bardwell, the farm’s ninth-generation proprietor, was selling thousands of pounds of cucumbers at a time, transportable by pallet and forklift.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transportable
transferable
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Far from a rupture in the history of knowledge, artificial intelligence is the predictable outcome of a process in which thought was formalized, made transferable, and ultimately rendered executable without us.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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This converts the Bilt Blue into a flat-rate 2X no-annual-fee card that earns transferable points; the Bilt Obsidian would earn 4X points on dining or groceries, and the Palladium would earn 3X points everywhere.—
Jason Stauffer,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Transportable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transportable. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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