portico
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
Origin of portico
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How to use portico in a sentence
It’s a lively scene, with the father and wayward son embracing as the older brother stews, the mother looks on and a village woman dances beneath a portico.
Following a trail of frescoes in the mountains of North Carolina | Barbara Noe Kennedy | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostThe service and reading of the names will be held under the outdoor portico at Epworth Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth.
World AIDS Day arrives amid another pandemic | Parker Purifoy | November 24, 2020 | Washington BladeBeneath the portico, numbers of servants and retainers were lounging about, enjoying the fresco.
The pair disappeared among the glittering and gaily-dressed crowd that thronged the portico.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHe stood still an instant, hidden by the porphyry columns of the portico.
Her hand in his, he led her down the steps of the portico, all strewn with white bells of lilies, a carpet of blooming snow.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThere is also a library, and the Homereium, a quadrangular portico, which has a temple of Homer and a statue.
British Dictionary definitions for portico
/ (ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ) /
a covered entrance to a building; porch
a covered walkway in the form of a roof supported by columns or pillars, esp one built on to the exterior of a building
Origin of portico
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