porch

[ pawrch, pohrch ]
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noun
  1. an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.

  2. a veranda.

  1. the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met.

  2. Obsolete. a portico.

Origin of porch

1
1250–1300; Middle English porche<Old French <Latin porticus porch, portico

Other words from porch

  • porchless, adjective
  • porchlike, adjective
  • un·der·porch, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for porch

porch

/ (pɔːtʃ) /


noun
  1. a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance

  2. US and Canadian an exterior roofed gallery, often partly enclosed; veranda

Origin of porch

1
C13: from French porche, from Latin porticus portico

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