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
The entire city is filled with beautiful archways and pillars and covered porticos.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
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
The route passes through foyers, porticos, libraries and a ballroom in which they hear a lively period waltz.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
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
