Portal

Word PORTAL
Character 6
Hyphenation por tal
Pronunciations /ˈpɔːtəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Portal"

What do we mean by portal?

A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing. noun

An entrance or a means of entrance. noun

The portal vein. noun

A website considered as an entry point to other websites, often by being or providing access to a search engine. noun

Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system. adjective

Of or relating to a point of entrance to an organ, especially the transverse fissure of the liver, through which the blood vessels enter. adjective

In anatomy: Pertaining to the hepatic porta, or great transverse fissure of the liver.

Pertaining to the vena portæ, or portal vein.

A door or gate; an entrance or opening for passage; specifically, the entire architectural treatment of the entrance and its surroundings of a great or splendid building, as a cathedral. noun

A square corner of a room separated from the rest by a wainscot, and forming a short passage or vestibule. noun

Same as portass. noun

Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver. adjective

A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing. noun

The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions. noun

Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment. noun

By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church. noun

The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. noun

A prayer book or breviary; a portass. noun

A combination of struts and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at a portal, serving to transfer wind pressure from the upper parts of the trusses to an abutment or pier of the bridge. noun

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

A short vein that carries blood into the liver.

A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.

A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Portal

The word "portal" in example sentences

“I believe this portal is a positive step in that direction,” he said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was respon - sible for getting them away from CRTs, for getting into really interactive EEG programming -- what they call portal programming nowadays. ❋ Vinge, Vernor (1984)

A platform which supports flexibility in regards to content manageability and its user friendly and user attracting display immensely increases what I call the portal sexiness factor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The decrepit two-bedroom apartment behind this unassuming portal is an essential junction of what activists in Iraq and their U.S. supporters call the Underground Railroad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It might seem irrelevant, but it is a bit of a telltale that the website (what _should_ be the public's main portal for the latest NASA news) isn't priority. allen ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most news and entertainment portal from a Canadian perspective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The main portal for finding government statistics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, look, the portal is in her cousin's guest bathroom this time, how creative. ❋ Sartorias (2009)

A portal is a doorway, an entrance, an opening in which you are one side looking through to another. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Administration is easier than with previous versions, with a well-organized admin portal that allows easy access to all the features. ❋ Logan G. Harbaugh (2010)

An expert on church architecture said the twin portal entry was the way nuns of nearly all Catholic orders built their churches, which proved to us that the builders of Santa Monica were indeed nuns and were of the Augustinian order. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The website portal is easy to navigate and directs users to a variety of special collections owned by the library. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While not entirely dissimilar to some of the ideas of magical initiation we find in portal-quest/excursion fantasy, we're being asked to imagine our own realm as infused with this magical force, rather than a secondary world; and there is no discernable sense (as far as I can see) that this force is "thinning" (a core element of Clute's narrative grammar of fantasy), no sense that the magic is seeping out of the infused world. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

Where a portal is woven into the seam, so to speak, a rift is a tear in it. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

This will give you a clue as to where the dimensional portal is so that you can get back to your home dimension. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Could the magnetism reached them through a portal from the island? ❋ Unknown (2008)

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