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Portable Definition–adjective | 1. | capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage. | | 2. | easily carried or conveyed by hand: a p
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ortable typewriter. | | 3. | Computers. (of data sets, software, etc.) capable of being used on different computer systems. | –noun | 5. | something that is portable, esp. as distinguished from a nonportable counterpart: Of their three television sets, one is a portable. | |
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Crib Definition–noun | 1. | a child's bed with enclosed sides. | | 2. | a stall or pen for cattle. | | 3. | a rack or man
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ger for fodder, as in a stable or barn. | | 4. | a bin for storing grain, salt, etc. | | 5. | Informal. | a. | a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony. | | | 6. | a room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers. | | 7. | a shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children. | | 9. | Slang. a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing. | | 10. | Building Trades, Civil Engineering. any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc. | | 11. | a barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream. | |
| 12. | a lining for a well or other shaft. | | 13. | Slang. one's home; pad. | | 14. | Cribbage. a set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer. | | 15. | a cheap, ill-kept brothel. | | 17. | British, Australian. lunch, esp. a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack. | –verb (used with object) | 18. | Informal. to pilfer or steal, esp. to plagiarize (another's writings or ideas). | | 19. | to confine in or as if in a crib. | | 20. | to provide with a crib or cribs. | | 21. | to line with timber or planking. | –verb (used without object) | 22. | Informal. | a. | to use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc. | | | 23. | (of a horse) to practice cribbing. | |
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Mattress Definition–noun | 1. | a large pad for supporting the reclining body, used as or on a bed, consist
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ing of a quilted or similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, that contains hair, straw, cotton, foam rubber, etc., or a framework of metal springs. | | 3. | a mat woven of brush, poles, or similar material, used to prevent erosion of the surface of dikes, jetties, embankments, dams, etc. | | 4. | a layer of concrete placed on bare ground, as to provide a footing; mat. | | 5. | a layer of any material used to cushion, protect, reinforce, or the like. | |
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The Sun News - Found Dec. 20, 2008
... nursery - down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... or even full-size bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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AOL Canada - Found Dec. 15, 2008
... nursery - down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Found Dec. 15, 2008
... nursery - down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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... nursery -- down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Star-Gazette - Found 8 hours ago
... nursery -- down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Ithaca Journal - Found 12 hours ago
... nursery down to the custom-made crib bumpers and ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Start with 'good bones,' then adapt room as child ages
South Coast Today - Found Dec. 21, 2008
... nursery down to the custom-made crib bumpers and ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Columbus Dispatch - Found Dec. 21, 2008
... nursery -- down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Design a child's room that 'grows'
Northwestern - Found Dec. 21, 2008
... nursery - down to the custom-made crib bumpers ... even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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Design a child's room that 'grows'
Northwestern - Found Dec. 21, 2008
— down to the custom-made crib bumpers and ... or even full-sized bed with a portable guardrail. Make sure the rail is tight against the ...
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