portal
1a 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
1Other words for portal
Other words from portal
- portaled, portalled, adjective
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noting or pertaining to the transverse fissure of the liver.
Origin of portal
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How to use portal in a sentence
The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.
Yep, Korra and Asami Went in the Spirit Portal and Probably Kissed | Melissa Leon | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, we came to the ornately carved temple portal itself, adorned with an image of a snake to its side.
Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple | Michael Luongo | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe portal will have a system of simultaneous translation in three languages including English.
Brazil’s World Cup Is An Expensive, Exploitative Nightmare | Vac Verikaitis | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBonus Tip: Be aware of Equity Crowdfunding Coming to a portal Near You!
I was very young and I thought that the whole experience was a wonderful adventure and a glimmering portal to the future.
The first subject chosen by her for a picture was the "portal of the Church of the Magdalene."
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThe gigantic pylon, its shoulders breaking the sky four-square far overhead, seemed the prodigious portal of another world.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBeside autocratic kingship it shines with a white light; it is obviously the portal of the future.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockHow can it have happened that terms are still wanting to express the portal of all the sciences?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Nevertheless she had to pass through the dark portal of death before she was assumed, body and soul, into heaven.
Mary, Help of Christians | Various
British Dictionary definitions for portal
/ (ˈpɔːtəl) /
an entrance, gateway, or doorway, esp one that is large and impressive
any entrance or access to a place
computing an internet site providing links to other sites
anatomy
of or relating to a portal vein: hepatic portal system
of or relating to a porta
Origin of portal
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for portal
A Web site that provides a gateway to other Web sites.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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