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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pawr-tl, pohr- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr tl, ˈpoʊr- |
Definition of portal
Origin :- late 14c., "gate, gateway," from Old French portal "gate" (Modern French portail) and directly from Medieval Latin portale "city gate, porch," from neuter of portalis (adj.) "of a gate," from Latin porta "gate" (see port (n.1)).
- noun hole or door in vessel
- Down swooped the great cog into the narrow channel which was the portal to safety.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- In front, the sea appears as between the pillars of a portal.
- Extract from : « Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "I shall not forget it," said I, as we drew up before the portal.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 » by Various
- Pylon, or Pro-Pylon, the portal or front of an Egyptian temple.
- Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
- The portal through which the Martian had vanished was next to it.
- Extract from : « The Great Dome on Mercury » by Arthur Leo Zagat
- Then as he passed from the portal, the priestess lifted her hands.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- At the portal had stood two nymphs, now almost classic with decay.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- Brophy came in after a struggle at the door; he slammed the portal and bolted it.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Poor Bourne had passed the portal beyond which he was to find peace.
- Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
- The portal opened with a crash of thunder louder than an earthquake.
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
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