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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Footage shows officers from the force's tactical unit gently resting a ladder against the roof of a back porch, with an officer then grabbing the man while he was sleeping.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Deeper into the grounds, fans delighted in interactive art installations — from a replica of Pinky’s Records & Discs to Craig’s front porch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The biggest hits sand down the rough-hewn edges of Mama’s metaphorical front porch to up their resale value, perhaps never funnier than Luke Bryan’s bullet-point summer vacation on “Fish, Hunt, Golf, Drink.”
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
They failed to seal off the property with police tape to protect sensitive crime-scene evidence, allowing reporters, livestreamers, and Amazon and pizza delivery drivers entry to the porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He climbs the steps of the Cavendish hotel, where he has been living, and takes a seat on the porch beside his landlord, Joseph Adams.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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
However, Davidson did do some renovations, including adding a guesthouse, movie room, pool, hot tub, cold-plunge pool, sauna, and screened-in porches.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
It is now a ramshackle, seemingly lost-in-time metropolis where residents sit on porches observing the unsteady progress of cars navigating pothole-ridden streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 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
Along the block some people were out on their porches looking at him and the motorcycle.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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