portal
portal Lexical Profile
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• noun
A website or digital platform that serves as a central point of access to information, resources, or services on the internet or an intranet.
"Students can log in to the university's online portal to check their grades and register for classes."
In science fiction and fantasy, a magical or technological passageway connecting two distant locations, time periods, or dimensions.
"In the novel, the explorers discovered a glowing portal that transported them to a parallel universe."
A doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large, ornate, or imposing one.
"Visitors passed through the carved stone portal of the medieval cathedral."
• adjective
Relating to a transverse fissure or opening in an organ through which blood vessels and ducts enter, especially the porta hepatis of the liver.
"The patient was diagnosed with elevated pressure in the hepatic portal vein."
• Rhymes for portal
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'portal', from Medieval Latin 'portale' ('city gate, porch'), a noun use of the neuter of the adjective 'portalis' ('of a gate'), from Latin 'porta' ('gate').