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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024por•tal1 /ˈpɔrtəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of great size and appearance.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024por•tal1 (pôr′tl, pōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
- Building, Civil Engineeringan iron or steel bent for bracing a framed structure, having curved braces between the vertical members and a horizontal member at the top.
- Civil Engineering, Miningan entrance to a tunnel or mine.
- Medieval Latin, noun, nominal use of neuter of portālis of a gate. See portal2
- Middle English portale 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged entranceway, doorway, entry, threshold.
por•tal2 (pôr′tl, pōr′-),USA pronunciation [Anat.]adj. - noting or pertaining to the transverse fissure of the liver.
n. - See portal vein.
- Medieval Latin portālis of a gate. See port4, -al1
- 1605–15
+ n. - Computinga Web site that functions as an entrance to the Internet, as by providing useful content and organizing various sites and features on the World Wide Web or other parts of the Internet.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: portal /ˈpɔːtəl/ n - an entrance, gateway, or doorway, esp one that is large and impressive
- an internet site providing links to other sites
adj - of or relating to a portal vein: hepatic portal system
- of or relating to a porta
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Medieval Latin portāle, from Latin porta gate, entrance |