portal

adj

Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

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

   “the portal vein”

name

1. A place in the United States:
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

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

   “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.”

2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
3. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

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

4. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

   “I have already inputted my info on the portal.”

5. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

   “You need to have a portal to have a driver's license.”

6. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
7. A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
8. A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
9. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
10. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

    “Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone.”

11. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
12. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
13. The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
14. A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

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