Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin portale city gate, porch, from neuter of portalis of a gate, from Latin porta gate; more at PORT
Pronunciation : pOr-t
&l, por-
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. gateway, entrance, arch, doorway; (Internet) web site that serves as gateway to the Internet, anchor site (e.g., Yahoo, Excite, HotBot, etc.). portalyou can click anywhere, but just don't click here.portal \por"tal\ , a. (anat.) 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.note: portal is applied to other veins which break up into capillaries; as, the renal portal veins in the frog.portal \por"tal\ , n. [of. portal, f. portail, ll. portale, fr. l. porta a gate. see:
port a gate.].
2. a door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing. thick with sparkling orient gems the portal shone. from out the fiery portal of the east.
3. (arch.) (a) the lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions. (b) formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment. (c) 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.
4. (bridge building) the space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
5. a prayer book or breviary; a portass. [obs.]portal bracing (bridge building), a combination of struts and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at a portal, serving to transfer wind pressure from the upper parts of the trusses to an abutment or pier of the bridge.
6. A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
7. The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
8. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
9. 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.
10. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
11. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
12. 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. a grand and imposing entrance ; "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success" A young hog; a pig.
13. A pig; a porket.
14. The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree of Florida and the West Indies.
15. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood.
16. Lascivious; licentious.
17. Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.
18. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
19. A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.
20. The quality or state of.
21. portal.
22. 1. A portal is a large impressive doorway at the entrance to a building. I went in through the royal portal.
23. On the Internet, a portal is a site that consists of links to other websites.
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