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adj
Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
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name
A place in the United States:
A ghost town in California.
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name
A place in the United States:
A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
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name
A place in the United States:
A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
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name
A surname.
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noun
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
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noun
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
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noun
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
An ePortal. (a web-based platform that serves as a gateway to various resources, services, or information, usually tailored for specific organizational or user needs.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, Philippines
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noun
A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
The existence of an account on an ePortal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, Philippines
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noun
A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
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noun
The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: bridge-building
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noun
A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
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noun
The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: US college sports
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noun
A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
noun
a short vein that carries blood into the liver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: portal vein, hepatic portal vein, vena portae
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Broader terms: vein, vena, venous blood vessel
noun
a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: portal site
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Broader terms: web site, website, internet site, site
History
From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Across languages
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
