portal
noun/ˈpɔːtl/
/ˈpɔːrtl/
- [usually plural] (formal or literary) a large, impressive gate or entrance to a building
- The castle’s portals have opened to many famous guests.
- (computing) a website that is used as a point of entry to the internet, where information has been collected that will be useful to a person interested in particular kinds of things
- a business/news/shopping portal
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin portale, neuter (used as a noun) of portalis ‘like a gate’, from Latin porta ‘door, gate’.
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