porch
Americannoun
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porches
plural
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an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
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a veranda.
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the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met.
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Obsolete. a portico.
noun
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a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance
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an exterior roofed gallery, often partly enclosed; veranda
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Origin of porch
1250–1300; Middle English porche < Old French < Latin porticus porch, portico
Vocabulary lists containing porch
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On Friday the boy's mother -- named by media as Shauntai May Nickerson -- smoked a cigarette on the porch outside her apartment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The court heard that in April 2025 Nigel Farage's partner found that damage had been caused to their main front door at their house and a bottle of lighter fluid was found in the porch.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A lot of times I’ll have people over and write on the back porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
A wraparound porch adds to the century-old home’s character, while the property also boasts scenic views.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Aunt Maud dancing on the front porch with Eugene Hammond to blaring music where the neighbors could see?
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Previously, the porchfest’s organizing committee staged performances throughout Patty Jewett, but they’ve found that having acts play on porches on a single street works better overall.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Now every night, the roofs, parks, and porches of Havana fill with people lying on cardboard, mattresses, or directly on the ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Pittsburgh is a city of some 90 hilly neighborhoods, where the front doors of row houses open to the sidewalk, brick houses have porches but no garages, and street parking is often the rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Children play on porches with scraggly cats and sun-faded plastic toys.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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