Usually means: Gateway connecting different points instantly.
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We found 66 dictionaries that define the word portal:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Portal, portal: Merriam-Webster
  3. portal, portal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. portal: The Word Spy
  5. portal: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  6. portal: Collins English Dictionary
  7. portal: Vocabulary.com
  8. Portal, portal: Wordnik
  9. portal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  10. Portal, portal: Wiktionary
  11. portal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. portal: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. portal: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. portal: Dictionary.com
  15. portal: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. portal: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Portal (Australian band), Portal (TV series), Portal (album), Portal (architecture), Portal (band), Portal (comics), Portal (computer), Portal (computer game), Portal (game), Portal (interactive novel), Portal (magic trick), Portal (series), Portal (surname), Portal (video game), Portal (video game series), Portal, The Portal (film), The Portal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Portal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. portal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. portal: Rhymezone
  21. Portal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. portal: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. portal: FreeDictionary.org
  24. portal: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. portal: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)
  3. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  4. portal: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Portal: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  5. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  6. portal: Legal dictionary
  7. PORTAL: Financial dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  9. WebmasterWorld Webmaster and Search Engine Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. PORTAL, portal: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. portal: Netlingo
  4. portal: CCI Computer
  5. Marketing Terms.com - Internet Marketing Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Portal: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  7. Portal: ILC Internet Terms
  8. Internet Terms (No longer online)
  9. Portal: Linktionary Networking Glossary
  10. Webopedia (No longer online)
  11. Technopedia (No longer online)
  12. Portal (web servers), portal: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. portal: Medical dictionary
  6. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PORTAL: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Portal: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. portal: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bridge Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See portals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
noun:  A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
noun:  (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
noun:  (anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
noun:  (science fiction and fantasy) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location; period in time or dimension.
noun:  (architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
noun:  (architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
noun:  A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
noun:  (bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
noun:  A prayer book or breviary; a portass.
noun:  (US college sports) The NCAA transfer portal, a database and compliance tool designed to facilitate student-athletes who wish to change schools.
noun:  (computer graphics) A connecting window between volumes, in portal rendering.
adjective:  (anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.
verb:  (science fiction, fantasy) To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  An unincorporated community in Cochise County, Arizona.
noun:  A ghost town in California.
noun:  A town in Bulloch County, Georgia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Sarpy County, Nebraska.
noun:  A minor city in Burke County, North Dakota, on the Canadian border.
noun:  A surname.

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