Definition of carport
: an open-sided automobile shelter by the side of a building
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Recent Examples of carport from the Web
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Flames then spread from the car to the carport to the mobile home, displacing the lone resident.
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There’s even a 1959 Studebaker Lark — curiously, the same green color as the exterior trim of the house — parked in the carport.
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Authorities are searching for a rare car that was stolen in Forsyth County: a 1931 Ford Model A. The purple vehicle was stolen from the owner’s carport between Saturday and Monday, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.
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Or that a prototype of these row houses actually was constructed in nearby Elmhurst, complete with a carport where a ’57 Chevy might have looked at home?
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April 28 was the covert individual's last visit to the carport.
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One of the victims was found dead in the carport; another was found in a bedroom.
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Delores Chavez, who lives in south Oklahoma City, spotted a bird on her carport that somehow looked familiar.
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The project’s carports would all have charging stations and the project’s laundry water would be recycled.
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First Known Use of carport
1939
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Definition of carport for English Language Learners
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: a shelter for a car that has open sides and that is usually attached to the side of a building
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