| accordion |
a portable musical instrument having a keyboard and a pleated bellows that forces air through metal reeds to produce tones. [1/2 definitions] |
| baggage |
the portable supplies of an army. [1/3 definitions] |
| baker |
a portable oven. [1/2 definitions] |
| baldachin |
a portable cloth canopy used in religious services. [1/3 definitions] |
| barbecue |
the apparatus, either fixed or portable, on which such a meal is cooked. [1/4 definitions] |
| barrel organ |
a portable musical instrument consisting of a cylinder fitted with pegs or pins that either open valves to a series of pipes or strike metal tongues when the cylinder is rotated; hand organ. |
| Bathinette |
trademark for a folding portable bathtub for babies. |
| bedroll |
bedding rolled into a portable bundle, as for camping outdoors. |
| blowtorch |
a portable oil-burning or gas-burning device producing an intense, localized flame suitable for melting or cutting metal. |
| bomb |
a portable container which ejects gas, foam, or poison by way of its own internal pressure. [1/8 definitions] |
| boom box |
a portable stereo radio with built-in speakers, a carrying handle, and usu. a cassette or CD player, capable of producing loud sound. |
| bullhorn |
an electronic, usu. portable megaphone or loudspeaker that can amplify the voice or other sounds. |
| cage |
in baseball, a portable backstop used for batting practice. [1/4 definitions] |
| camcorder |
a portable video recording device that includes a camera and an audio recorder in one unit. |
| camp bed |
(chiefly British) a small portable bed, esp. one that folds up; cot. |
| canteen |
a small portable container, usu. for water; flask. [1/3 definitions] |
| chain saw |
a portable power saw that cuts by means of teeth set into a revolving chain. |
| chamber pot |
a small, portable, pot-shaped receptacle for urine and other waste, usu. kept in a bedroom, esp. one that is some distance from a toilet. |
| clipboard |
a small board with a spring clip at the top for holding papers, used as a portable writing surface. |
| cot1 |
a small portable bed, esp. one that folds up. [1/2 definitions] |
| creel |
a portable basketlike container carried by a person who is fishing, to hold the fish that have been caught. [1/2 definitions] |