portico
noun
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
porticoes
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pluralof portico.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its White City—a temporary demonstration of the grandeur of classical architecture, with Greek and Roman-style colonnades and porticoes arranged around a lake—had been designed by America’s greatest architects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Some of them even spent a night or two sleeping on tiled floors among its trickling fountains and delicate arched porticoes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Surrounded by columns, fountains, porticoes and an outdoor fireplace, it feels more like the Mediterranean than St. Louis.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2018
Its sagging porticoes can be removed, its roof replaced, the stucco on its exterior walls fixed or scraped off.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2017
They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
