portal
IPA: pˈɔrtʌɫ
noun
- An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
- (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
- (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.
- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
- A ghost town in California.
- A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
- A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
- A surname.
verb
- (science fiction, fantasy) To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
adjective
- (anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
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