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
One of those leisurely stints on the porch led to Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” which Lambert co-wrote and co-produced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The stage is often a homeowner’s front porch or lawn, or the steps outside of a public space or historical building.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
I spoke to Miranda on the front porch of her home, and she said she had filed multiple complaints about the nuisance property over a five-year period.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
I looked back to the porch to see how Tansy took it.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Some houses in the neighborhood already had piles of sandbags sitting on their front porches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Their neighbor, Gretchen Hildreth, and her family walked by and stopped to say it was so nice to hear music being played on porches.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
On the walk all along Fourth Street, she noticed families sitting on their stoops or porches and generally more people trying to beat the heat outside of their homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Every night, when summer heat and blackouts make sleep impossible at home, Cubans head for rooftops, porches and public spaces where they can catch a breeze.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Two- and three-story wood-frame houses bordered the park on all sides, identical in construction, distinguished by paint color and the type of furniture on their long porches.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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