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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The main residence spans 5,035 square feet and features four bedrooms and five bathrooms, along with a wraparound porch with unencumbered views of the surrounding Tennessee hills.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
There’s also an attached walk-in pantry, with a powder room, laundry facilities, an office area, a screened porch, and a sizable garage nearby.
From MarketWatch ● 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
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
His mom closed the screen door, went back into the kitchen, and left Sam alone on the back porch.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
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
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
As evening approached, they left their lights on, kept the shades open, and sat on their porches.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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