portal

Meaning

Noun

1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
3. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
4. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
5. A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
6. A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
7. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
8. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
9. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
10. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
11. The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.

Adj

Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.

Verb

To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).

Synonyms

gate

gateway

entrance

doorway

portal site

portal vein

door

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entry

hepatic portal vein

vena portae

main entrance

port

pylon

main door

aditus

hilar

access

arched doorway

introitus

porta

inlet opening

entry hole

inlet port

shaft top

entry way

inlet entry

artistic door opening

gantry mounting

barrier

web portal

crossing

doorstep

entry point

floodgate

front door

gantry

ingress

inlet

intake

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɔːtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: portal

In summary

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.