as in verandah
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a row of columns supporting a roof at the entrance of a building
Entry to the mansion is through a lavish portico.
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The dilapidated wooden trim and sagging porticos were spruced up a few years ago after preservationists complained to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but the upstairs windows reveal glimpses of peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and collapsing ceilings inside.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Past a circular motor court, a host of elegant design features present themselves, from its stone and limestone facade, where a towering arched doorway tucked into a portico embellished with Corinthian columns makes for a grand entrance to the home, to its mansard roof.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Its columned portico and ornate moldings anchor it to Edwardian London.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025
The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Past a circular motor court, a host of elegant design features present themselves, from its stone and limestone facade, where a towering arched doorway tucked into a portico embellished with Corinthian columns makes for a grand entrance to the home, to its mansard roof.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Its columned portico and ornate moldings anchor it to Edwardian London.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portico
Noun
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The 51-room hotel is three minutes’ walk from Charles Bridge and has a private entrance to the lovely baroque Vrtba Garden, plus a rooftop terrace.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The church also proposed adding space for hydroponic farming that would supply produce for the community and terrace farming that could be utilized by the residents.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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The raccoon took the hint, shimmied down the rope and lumbered onto a ladder before making a less-than-graceful landing on the porch below.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Ring Battery Deal The Ring Battery Doorbell gives you a budget-friendly way to smarten your porch without hassle.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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After staging myriad runway shows under its colonnade and championing its work, Erdem Moralioglu has become a member of the board of trustees of his favorite cultural institution, the British Museum.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Black and white presidential portraits now hang along the colonnade near the Oval Office in gold frames.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Portico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portico. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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