porch

noun

ˈpȯrch 

1

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

2

obsolete : portico

Synonyms of porch

• piazza
• portico
• stoop
• veranda

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

The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work. —Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 15 May 2026

An alleged porch pirate stealing from a Rialto homeowner's property. —Zach Boetto, CBS News, 14 May 2026

On Thursday, 30-year-old Buster Murdaugh, Alex's son, was spotted by Fox News Digital on the porch of his Bluffton, South Carolina home one day after the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that misconduct by a court official tainted the 2023 trial that sent his father away for life. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026

Local accounts say news of emancipation was read from the porch of the nearby Stroud plantation home in June 1865. —Shelby Stewart, Essence, 14 May 2026

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

Rhymes for porch

• scorch
• torch

Kids Definition

porch

noun

ˈpōrch 

ˈpȯrch

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