Portal Definition
pôrtl
portals
noun
portals
A doorway, gate, or entrance, esp. a large and imposing one.
Webster's New World
Any point or place of entry, specif. one where nerves, vessels, etc. enter an organ.
Webster's New World
An entrance or a means of entrance.
The local library, a portal of knowledge.
American Heritage
The portal vein.
American Heritage Medicine
A website designed to provide access to numerous other sites and, variously, e-mail service, online shopping, etc.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or relating to the portal vein or the portal system.
American Heritage
Designating, of, or like the vein carrying blood from the intestines, stomach, etc. to the liver.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Portal
Noun
Singular:
portal
Plural:
portalsOrigin of Portal
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Middle English from Old French from Medieval Latin portāle city gate from neuter of portālis of a gate from Latin porta gate per-2 in Indo-European roots N., sense 3 and adj., from New Latin porta (hepatis) transverse fissure (of the liver), literally gate of the liver perhaps ultimately translation of Akkadian bāb (ekalli) gate (of the palace), umbilical fissure of the liver (next to the transverse fissure)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Medieval Latin portale, from Latin porta
From Wiktionary
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