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portal

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Noun

  1. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
  2. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry: A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
  3. A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
  4. A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
  5. A magical or technological aperture leading to another location; period in time or dimension.
  6. A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
  7. Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
  8. A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
  9. The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
  10. A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
  11. The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
  12. A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.

Adjective

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

Verb

  1. To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).

Proper noun

  1. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
  2. A place in the United States: A ghost town in California.
  3. A place in the United States: A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
  5. A place in the United States: A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
  6. A surname.

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