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).

Concepts

portal

gate

gateway

entrance

doorway

door

entry

hepatic portal vein

portal vein

portal site

vena portae

doorstep

arched doorway

pylon

crossing

shaft top

access

aditus

entry hole

entry point

entry way

ingress

inlet

inlet entry

inlet opening

inlet port

intake

introitus

artistic door opening

gantry

gantry mounting

hilar

barrier

floodgate

port

porta

web portal

front door

main door

main entrance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɔːtəl/

Etymology

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