portal

1. n. A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing. Source: opted

2. n. The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions. Source: opted

3. n. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment. Source: opted

4. n. By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church. Source: opted

5. n. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. Source: opted

6. n. A prayer book or breviary; a portass. Source: opted

7. a. Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery. Source: opted

8. n. a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically) Source: wordnet

9. n. a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet Source: wordnet

10. n. a short vein that carries blood into the liver Source: wordnet

11. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these areterminated by inclined braces. Source: adambom

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