portico
noun
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
porticos
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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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Washington is a city obsessed with projecting power through stone, and littered with overinflated federal buildings of white marble dressed up with colonnades, pediments and porticos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
At Bard, the weather drove us inside and out, from his office to benches and tables and porticos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
We could tell it was Federal style by the symmetrical design with porticos supported by Ionic columns, fanlights over the doors and keystone lintels.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
Once rioters were outside, D.C. police handled removing them from the external stairs, porticos and balconies of the Capitol.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
Clinging to the mountainside were dozens of multileveled palaces—a city of mansions—all with white-columned porticos, gilded terraces, and bronze braziers glowing with a thousand fires.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
