a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
an iron or steel bent for bracing a framed structure, having curved braces between the vertical members and a horizontal member at the top.
an entrance to a tunnel or mine.
Computers. a website that functions as an entry point to the internet, as by providing useful content and linking to various sites and features on the World Wide Web.
Origin of portal
1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English portale, from Medieval Latin, noun use of neuter of portālis “of a gate.” See portal2
SYNONYMS FOR portal
1 entranceway, doorway, entry, threshold.
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OTHER WORDS FROM portal
portaled,portalled,adjective
Words nearby portal
Port Adelaide, Portadown, portage, Portage la Prairie, Portakabin, portal, Port Alberni, portal canal, portal circulation, portal cirrhosis, portal fissure
Definition for portal (2 of 2)
portal2
[ pawr-tl, pohr- ]
/ ˈpɔr tl, ˈpoʊr- /
Anatomy
adjective
noting or pertaining to the transverse fissure of the liver.
noun
portal vein.
Origin of portal
2
First recorded in 1605–15, portal is from the Medieval Latin word portālis of a gate. See port4, -al1
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