1
: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof
2
obsolete
: portico
Synonyms
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.
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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
Located in Seattle’s industrial district, the building — a full-service funeral home and human composting facility — has a folksy front porch with cheery paintings of leaves, next to a garden with a small path winding through it.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Each is designed with a bedroom, living room, bathroom, kitchen, front porch and small lawn.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
On grand opening day, the line into the restaurant wrapped around the famous front porch, one hungry customer after the other excited to step inside the building for the first time.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
Birds make nests over front doors, on porches and patios, even on cars.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Armstrong, 47, stood on the front porch of his Model City home, near Liberty City, clearly agitated as a half dozen or more Miami Police officers faced him down from the front lawn, their weapons drawn.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Plus, its Southern-style porch overlooking the ocean and the property’s butterfly garden give it an extra boost of romanticism.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2024
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
Located in Seattle’s industrial district, the building — a full-service funeral home and human composting facility — has a folksy front porch with cheery paintings of leaves, next to a garden with a small path winding through it.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Each is designed with a bedroom, living room, bathroom, kitchen, front porch and small lawn.
—Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
On grand opening day, the line into the restaurant wrapped around the famous front porch, one hungry customer after the other excited to step inside the building for the first time.
—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
Birds make nests over front doors, on porches and patios, even on cars.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
Armstrong, 47, stood on the front porch of his Model City home, near Liberty City, clearly agitated as a half dozen or more Miami Police officers faced him down from the front lawn, their weapons drawn.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Plus, its Southern-style porch overlooking the ocean and the property’s butterfly garden give it an extra boost of romanticism.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porch. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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porch
noun
ˈpōrch 
ˈpȯrch
: a covered entrance to a building usually with a separate roof
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