portal

/หˆpษ”หษนtษ™l/

IPA: /P AO1 R T AH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

    An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

    โ€œThe local library, a portal of knowledge.โ€

  2. 2

    A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

    โ€œThe new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.โ€

  3. 3

    A short vein that carries blood into the liver.

  4. 4

    A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.

  5. 5

    A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

  6. 6

    Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

  7. 7

    A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

  8. 8

    (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

  9. 9

    A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.

    โ€œthe portal veinโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/portal