portal

Definition

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

Etymology

From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.

Example Sentences

• "The local library, a portal of knowledge."
• "Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently constructed, properly architected tunnel portal in Britain."
• "The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites."