porch
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noun \ˈpȯrch\Definition of PORCH
1
: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof
2
obsolete : portico
See Examples of PORCH
- The house has a large front porch.
- <vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch>
Origin of PORCH
Middle English porche, from Anglo-French, from Latin porticus portico, from porta gate; akin to Latin portus port — more at ford
First Known Use: 14th century
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porch
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Roofed structure, usually open at front and sides, projecting from the face of a building and used to protect an entrance. If colonnaded, it may be called a portico. A veranda is typically a long porch surrounded by a railing, often extending along more than one side of a building. Simple porches were exceedingly common in the domestic architecture of Britain and the U.S. from the late 18th century. In Gothic cathedrals the porch was often a small gabled structure projecting from the northern or southern walls of the nave. See also loggia, narthex.
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