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1. (n.) portal
a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of imposing size and appearance.
2. portal
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. portal
an entrance to a tunnel or mine.
4. (adj.) portal
noting or pertaining to the transverse fissure of the liver.
Etymology: (1605–15; < ML portālis of a gate. See port4, -al1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) portal
a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
"the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"
2. (noun) portal site, portal
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."
3. (noun) portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portae
a short vein that carries blood into the liver
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1. (noun) portal
a website with links to other websites
an official government portal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) portal
of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery
2. (noun) portal
a door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing
3. (noun) portal
the lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions
4. (noun) portal
formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment
5. (noun) portal
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
6. (noun) portal
the space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces
7. (noun) portal
a prayer book or breviary; a portass
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