portal
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1por·tal
noun \ˈpȯr-təl\Definition of PORTAL
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: the whole architectural composition surrounding and including the doorways and porches of a church
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: the approach or entrance to a bridge or tunnel
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: a communicating part or area of an organism; specifically : the point at which something (as a pathogen) enters the body
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: a site serving as a guide or point of entry to the World Wide Web and usually including a search engine or a collection of links to other sites arranged especially by topic
See Examples of PORTAL
- a Web portal for baseball fans
- <the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road>
Origin of PORTAL
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin portale city gate, porch, from neuter of portalis of a gate, from Latin porta gate — more at port
First Known Use: 14th century
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adjectiveDefinition of PORTAL
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: of or relating to the transverse fissure on the underside of the liver where most of the vessels enter
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: of, relating to, or being a portal vein or a portal system <portal circulation>
Origin of PORTAL
New Latin porta transverse fissure of the liver, from Latin, gate
First Known Use: 1845
Por·tal
biographical name \ˈpȯr-təl\Definition of PORTAL
Charles Frederick Algernon 1893–1971 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford British air marshal
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