portal   (TTS Sound)

The noun portal has 3 senses

• portal -- (a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success")


• portal site, portal -- (a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.")


• portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portae -- (a short vein that carries blood into the liver)