as in verandah
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building
vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch
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Recent Examples of porch
The hotel features 388 rooms and is home to the longest front porch in the world, according to the hotel's website.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Each room is different—some have four-poster beds, others porches—but all have comfortable queen or king beds and ceiling fans.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
After many years spent moonlighting as a stand-up while raising three children in East Tennessee, Morgan blew up on social media during the pandemic, when videos recorded on her porch connected her with an audience of other older moms and catapulted her into comedy’s upper echelon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 31 July 2025
Charles River Esplanade: If Boston Harbor is Boston’s front stoop, the Charles River Esplanade is its breezy back porch.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Each room is different—some have four-poster beds, others porches—but all have comfortable queen or king beds and ceiling fans.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
After many years spent moonlighting as a stand-up while raising three children in East Tennessee, Morgan blew up on social media during the pandemic, when videos recorded on her porch connected her with an audience of other older moms and catapulted her into comedy’s upper echelon.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 31 July 2025
Charles River Esplanade: If Boston Harbor is Boston’s front stoop, the Charles River Esplanade is its breezy back porch.
—Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for porch
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porch. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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