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An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
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The local library, a portal of knowledge.
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A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.
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The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.
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A short vein that carries blood into the liver.
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A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.
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A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.
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Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.
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A grandiose and often lavish entrance.
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(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
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A prayer book or breviary; a portass.