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noun
1.
a door, gate, or entrance, especially one of imposing appearance, as to a palace.
2.
an iron or steel bent for bracing a framed structure, having curved braces between the vertical members and a horizontal member at the top.
3.
an entrance to a tunnel or mine.
4.
Computers. a Web site 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:
1300–50; Middle English portale < Medieval Latin, noun use of neuter of portālis of a gate. See portal2
1300–50; Middle English portale < Medieval Latin, noun use of neuter of portālis of a gate. See portal2
Related forms
por·taled, por·talled, adjective
Synonyms
1. entranceway, doorway, entry, threshold.
1. entranceway, doorway, entry, threshold.
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Portals
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adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to the transverse fissure of the liver.
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Word Origin & History
portal
c.1300, from M.L. portale "city gate, porch," from neut. of portalis (adj.) "of a gate," from L. porta "gate" (see port (2)).
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portal por·tal (pôr'tl)
adj.
Of or relating to a porta or hilum.
Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system.
Of or relating to a point of entrance to an organ, especially the transverse fissure of the liver, through which the blood vessels enter.
The portal vein.
The point of entry into the body of a pathogenic microorganism.
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