Meaning

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry..

Definitions by Sense

1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
2. (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
3. (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
4. (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
5. (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
6. (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
7. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
8. (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

Example Sentences

The local library, a portal of knowledge.

Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently constructed, properly architected tunnel portal in Britain.

The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.

Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.

the portal vein

Word Forms

• portals
• portaling
• portalling
• portaled
• portalled

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When Should You Use Portal?

Use portal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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