Word Meaning

portal definition and meaning

n. A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.
n. The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
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.
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.
n. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
n. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
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.

Crossword clues for portal

- A door
- Gateway
- Imposing entrance
- Magnificent doorway
- mexican porch