Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.
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Hand-held
//ˈhændˌhɛld//
Synonyms for "hand-held" (1 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Translations
22 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 手提式的 adj (held in one hand)
Danish
1 entries- håndholdt adj (held in one hand)
Finnish
3 entries- kannettava adj (held in one hand)
- käsi adj (held in one hand)
- käsikäyttöinen adj (held in one hand)
French
2 entries- portable adj (held in one hand)
- portatif adj (held in one hand)
Georgian
3 entries- პორტატიული adj (held in one hand)
- ხელის adj (held in one hand)
- ხელში დასაჭერი adj (held in one hand)
German
3 entries- Hand adj (held in one hand)
- tragbare Spielkonsole noun (personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands)
- tragbare Videospielkonsole noun (personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands)
Greek
2 entries- χειρός adj (held in one hand)
- χειρόφερτος adj (held in one hand)
Hungarian
3 entries- kézben tartható/fogható adj (held in one hand)
- kézi adj (held in one hand)
- kézi tartású adj (held in one hand)
Japanese
1 entries- ハンドヘルド adj (held in one hand)
Khmer
1 entries- កាន់ដោយដៃ adj (held in one hand)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- håndholdt adj (held in one hand)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cầm tay adj (held in one hand)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Substituting textbooks and handouts with hand-held computers could actually save money in the long run.
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There are big fines for talking on a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
Source: tatoeba (2830775)
The Internet can deliver the entirety of human knowledge to a young girl in a remote village on a single hand-held device.
Source: tatoeba (5774004)
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