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portable engines

portable engines is the plural of portable engine.

Meaning of portable engine

Noun

portable engine (plural portable engines)

  1. (historical) A type of steam engine with four wheels that could be hauled from one site to another, and usually not designed to be driven. The flywheel was used to drive machinery.

Questions about portable engines

What is portable engines the plural of?
Portable engines is the plural of portable engine.

Words near portable engines in the dictionary

  1. portable
  2. portable art
  3. portable computer
  4. portable computers
  5. portable engine
  6. portable engines
  7. portable executable
  8. portable executables
  9. Portable Network Graphics
  10. portable phone
  11. portable phones

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