as in verandah
formal
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 four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Popular viewing locations include the portico of the City-County Building, and the corner of Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Published on April 22, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Brian Kitts
A blue front door is tucked under a portico entryway.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
Villa Aalto, with its modest rooms, charming front portico, traditional hip roofline, and wooden beams, speaks to the easy sincerity of his early designs: vernacular elements at odds with the Modernist dogmas of the day.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2025
Popular viewing locations include the portico of the City-County Building, and the corner of Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
Published on April 22, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Brian Kitts
A blue front door is tucked under a portico entryway.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2025
Villa Aalto, with its modest rooms, charming front portico, traditional hip roofline, and wooden beams, speaks to the easy sincerity of his early designs: vernacular elements at odds with the Modernist dogmas of the day.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portico
Noun
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Its rooftop terrace has a cocktail bar, menu, plunge pool and panoramic views of the city.—
Ramsey Qubein,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Modules can be arranged in creative formations, linked by decks, terraces or open pathways, making every Birdhouse unique to its setting.—
Adam Williams
July 04,
New Atlas,
4 July 2025
Noun
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For parents looking to teach kids about local wildlife, or seniors enjoying the rhythms of nature from the porch, Beako™ offers a lens through which to see the world a little more clearly.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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Visibly so, too — the building’s exterior is surrounded by scaffolding as work is underway to outfit the front porch with new columns and restored decorative elements.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
4 July 2025
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The living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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Discernment, deepening faith Loyola University Chicago student Caleb Ham strolled past the iconic 84-foot-high Vatican Obelisk in the center of St. Peter’s Square on Thursday, surrounded by the site’s iconic elliptical colonnades, which represent the Catholic Church embracing humanity.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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“Portico.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portico. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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