portal

Plural: portals

Noun

• a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
  • "the portals of the cathedral"
  • "the portals of heaven"
  • "the portals of success"
• a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
  • "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc."
• a short vein that carries blood into the liver
• An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
• An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
• A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
• 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.
• The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
• A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
• The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
• A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

Adj

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

Verb

• To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).

Examples

• "The local library, a portal of knowledge."
• "The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites."
• "the portal vein"

Synonyms

hepatic portal vein, portal site, portal vein, vena portae

Related Words

porch, porthole