porch

noun

ˈpȯrch 

1

: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof

2

obsolete : portico

Synonyms

• gallery [Southern & Midland]
• lanai
• piazza [dialect]
• stoop
• veranda
• verandah

Examples of porch in a Sentence

The house has a large front porch.

vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch

Recent Examples on the Web

Nevin, whose father Phil Boone’s bench coach from 2018-21, homered into the right field short porch for a 3-1 lead. —Mercury News Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024

Expand All Every morning, Ellen Davis, the owner of a 130-year-old Victorian mansion uptown, wakes up, picks up the morning newspaper off the front porch and reads comments and notes from gracious customers written in her guest book. —Jennings Cool, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

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, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing porch

• screened porch
• sleeping porch

Kids Definition

porch

noun

ˈpōrch 

ˈpȯrch

: a covered entrance to a building usually with a separate roof