Porthole vs. Portal

Portholenoun

A circular window set in the hull of a ship.

Portholenoun

An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

Portholenoun

a window in a ship or airplane

Portholenoun

an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

Portholenoun

a small window on the outside of a ship or aircraft.

Portholenoun

an opening for firing a cannon through.

Porthole

A porthole, sometimes called bull's-eye window or bull's-eye, is a generally circular window used on the hull of ships to admit light and air. Though the term is of maritime origin, it is also used to describe round windows on armored vehicles, aircraft, automobiles (the Ford Thunderbird a notable example) and even spacecraft.

Portalnoun

An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

Portalnoun

(Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet.

Portalnoun

(anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver.

Portalnoun

(fiction) A magical or technological doorway leading to another location, period in time or dimension.

Portalnoun

(architecture) A lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

Portalnoun

(architecture) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of an apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment.

Portalnoun

A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

Portalnoun

(bridge-building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

Portalnoun

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Portaladjective

(anatomy) Of or relating to a porta, especially the porta of the liver.

Portalnoun

A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing.

Portalnoun

The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

Portalnoun

The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.

Portalnoun

A prayer book or breviary; a portass.

Portaladjective

Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an artery.

Portalnoun

a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically);

Portalnoun

a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet;

Portalnoun

a short vein that carries blood into the liver

Portalnoun

a doorway, gate, or other entrance, especially a large and imposing one.

Portalnoun

a website or web page providing access or links to other sites

Portaladjective

relating to an opening in an organ through which major blood vessels pass, especially the transverse fissure of the liver.