Portal
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ˈpÉ”Ë(ɹ)tÉ™l/, ˈpÊ°É”Ë(ɹ)tÉ™l
- Rhymes: -É”Ë(ɹ)tÉ™l
Full definition of portal
Noun
portal
(plural portals)- A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
- MiltonThick with sparkling orient gems
The portal shone. - An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.The local library, a portal of knowledge.
- (Internet) A website that acts as an entrance to other websites on the Internet.The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
- (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
- (fiction) 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.
- (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
- A prayer book or breviary; a portass.