pocketableadj.
/ˈpɒkᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɑkədəb(ə)l/ That may be put or carried in a pocket.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small enough to fit in specific container
pocket?1576
cabinet1696
pocketable1699
pocket-size1820
vest-pocket1823
cabinet-sized1883
suitcase1910
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Portable, Pocketable.
1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1585 These Instruments are..easily carried about,..the latter especially, which may be made pocketable.
1795 Brit. Critic 6 563 This is another effort to render a great deal of knowledge marketable and pocketable.
1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 632 The volume is small and pocketable.
1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise xv There is pocketable booty in the mail-room.
1908 Daily Chron. 25 July 3/4 The pocketable reprint. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and other forty-nine volumes, in Everyman's Library. London, Dent, 1s. and 2s. net a volume.
1962 A. Boyd & P. van Rensburg Atlas Afr. Affairs 7 A brief guide to as many of these puzzlements as can be conveniently covered in a pocketable book.
1995 What Mobile & Cellphone Mag. Feb. 72/1 (advt.) The small screen displays lots of information... Even with the large battery the P4 is quite pocketable.
Derivatives
ˈpocketableness n. = pocketability n.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > capacity to be put in pocket
pocketableness1891
pocketability1948
1891 Sat. Rev. 22 Aug. 230/2 Pocketableness..is the great point of a guide.
1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. i. 328 The pocketableness of Cassell's new series [of books].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1699