Portal Meaning
/ˈpɔːtl̩/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
nounAn entrance, entry point, or means of entry., A large primary adit as the main entrance to a mine.
Sentence Examples
The researchers use the portal to enter into a different part of the universe.
The portal is large.
This portal was created exclusively for students to use.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The main ____ of the castle was guarded by two large iron statues.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company launched a new online ____ where customers could manage their accounts and orders.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English portal, porttol, from Old French portal and Medieval Latin portāle, from porta.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49:
"Thick with sparkling orient gems / The portal shone."
— 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The main ____ of the castle was guarded by two large iron statues.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company launched a new online ____ where customers could manage their accounts and orders.