| creel |
a portable basketlike container carried by a person who is fishing, to hold the fish that have been caught. [1/2 definitions] |
| dosimeter |
a portable instrument that measures amounts of radiation, such as gamma rays or x-rays, to which a person has been exposed. |
| field glass |
(usu. pl.) a compact, portable binocular telescope used esp. outdoors. |
| fire extinguisher |
a portable device containing chemicals that can be sprayed on a fire to extinguish it. |
| ghetto blaster |
(slang) a portable stereo player. |
| hand organ |
a portable barrel organ that is played by turning a crank by hand. |
| harquebus |
a long, portable gun ignited by a matchlock or wheel lock, dating from the fifteenth century. |
| hot plate |
a small, usu. electric, portable appliance for cooking or heating food. |
| inkhorn |
formerly, a small portable container for ink, usu. made of horn. [1/2 definitions] |
| kettle |
a portable kettle with a spout for making and pouring tea or other hot drinks; teakettle. [1/3 definitions] |
| laptop computer |
a portable personal computer, light enough to rest on one's lap. |
| Minicam |
trademark for a portable television camera. |
| mobile device |
a portable computing device such as a smartphone or tablet. |
| outboard motor |
a small portable gasoline engine with a propeller, which is mounted onto the stern of a boat. |
| padlock |
a portable lock for fastening doors, boxes, cables, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| pager |
a portable electronic receiver that emits a signal when the person carrying it is paged and displays the phone number to be called. |
| PDF |
abbreviation of "portable document format," a file format (invented by Adobe Systems, Inc.) that represents documents created in a variety of word processing and desktop publishing programs as they were intended to appear, independently of the platform or hardware with which they are created or read. |
| plain text |
data consisting only of text encoded in ASCII, hence as characters and spaces with no options for how they appear, making it a highly portable, compact file format. |
| plane table |
a portable drawing board mounted on a tripod which is used by surveyors in the field. |
| playpen |
a small, usu. portable enclosure where a baby or young child can play safely. |
| portative |
able to be carried conveniently; portable. [1/2 definitions] |