carport

noun

car·​port ˈkär-ˌpȯrt How to pronounce carport (audio)
: an open-sided automobile shelter by the side of a building

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The Tillery team uses heavy plastic sheets over steel carport frames to create temporary greenhouses to protect the nursery's succulents and cacti. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025 The refining process is simple distillation but with a lot of unnecessary pouring from one beaker to another to another ... all under a carport atop a gravel driveway in the backyard of his house. New Atlas, 23 June 2025 Withstanding a blast The home’s functionality is punctuated by a carport, circular driveway and large workshop. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carport

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First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of carport was in 1939

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“Carport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carport. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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carport

noun
car·​port ˈkär-ˌpō(ə)rt How to pronounce carport (audio)
-ˌpȯ(ə)rt
: an automobile shelter with open sides that is usually attached to the side of a building

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