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noun(por-tal)door, entrance; especially : a grand or imposing one
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noun(por-tal)the whole architectural composition surrounding and including the doorways and porches of a church
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noun(por-tal)the approach or entrance to a bridge or tunnel
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adjective(por-tal)of or relating to the transverse fissure on the underside of the liver where most of the vessels enter
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adjective(por-tal)of, relating to, or being a portal vein or a portal system
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biographical name(por-tal)Charles Frederick Algernon 1893—1971 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford British air marshal
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noun(por-tal)a system of veins that begins and ends in capillaries
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adjective(por-tal)of or relating to the time spent by a worker in traveling between the entrance to an employer's property and the worker's actual job site (as in a mine)
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noun(por-tal)a vein that collects blood from one part of the body and distributes it in another through capillaries; especially : a vein carrying blood from the digestive organs and spleen to the liver