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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It was his first week in the job and he spotted a couple of letters still lying on the floor of the porch, where he had delivered to them days before.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
They organized a food train, and Scott was the one who set up a cooler on my front porch and insisted people drop food without knocking, knowing we were overwhelmed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
The Nest camera caught a glimpse of a masked man on the front porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Grandpa must have been expecting me, because just before I got to the store he came out onto the porch and looked down the road.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
The company is Ridwell, and if you drive the residential streets of the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles, you’re likely to see the company’s signature white metal boxes on porches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
With its neat rows of detached family homes, complete with grass lawns and porches, Miraflores could be mistaken for a typical American suburb.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
That street, Portland Avenue, is lined with typical Minneapolis homes with screened-in front porches and decorations in the front yard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The third kind were large wooden houses with broad porches that ran around the buildings; they had odd shapes, round towers, octagonal bays, balconies.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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