sun porch
Americannoun
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a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
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an open pen, raised above the ground, for giving poultry light and air under sanitary conditions.
Etymology
Origin of sun porch
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Take lunch or early dinner on the sheltered sun porch, featuring a spectacularly framed, close-up perspective of the surrounding mountains and lake.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
Enclosed sun porch, exterior balconies, porte-cochere, formal gardens, brick patio, stream on property with bridge, outbuildings plus two-car detached garage.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2021
Cunningham, meanwhile, has learned to stack his Zoom meetings one after another on the sun porch, flitting between county Democratic gatherings, small-business leaders, fundraising events and staff calls.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2020
Mr. Cohn lived on the third floor, often traipsing downstairs in his bathrobe well after the workday had begun and taking clients upstairs to a small sun porch.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2016
“Let’s go jump in the river,” he said under his breath as we went out of the sun porch.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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