portal
/ˈpɔːɹtl̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
noun
An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
noun
A magical or technological aperture leading to another location, period in time, or dimension.
noun
A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
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."
- "I have already inputted my info on the portal."
- "You need to have a portal to have a driver's license."
- "Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/
- British English: /ˈpɔːtl̩/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
antiportal
ePortal
geoportal
intraportal
megaportal
portalable
portalisation
portalization
portlet
teleportal
vortal
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