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veranda

[ vuh-ran-duh ]

noun

  1. Also ve·randah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.


veranda

/ vəˈrændə /

noun

  1. a porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside of a building
  2. a canopy sheltering pedestrians in a shopping street
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • veˈrandaed, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda1

1705–15; < Hindi baraṇḍā, barāmdā < Persian bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is < Portuguese varanda, Spanish baranda railing, balustrade; bar 1 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda1

C18: from Portuguese varanda railing; related to Hindi varandā railing
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Example Sentences

There were 30 guests, three tables of 10 out on the veranda overlooking the Bel-Air Country Club on a warm 85-degree night, you know, it was like too perfect.

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In April, they were going to get married at a century-old mansion in downtown Austin, with their guests sipping cocktails on a veranda by the pool.

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On the cracked veranda, her intensive care, the newest babies fail to thrive.

The veranda, roofless and open to the bitter blue sky where the seasonal gu rains sputter, serves as a makeshift neonatal ward.

“God Bless You,” read a hand painted banner hung from a veranda on handsome Flamengo beach.

This inviting, open terrace is reminiscent of the impressive veranda on a tropical plantation house.

I got out of bed, put on jeans, and walked out onto the polished cement veranda.

Then they all passed out through the great front door to the wide old veranda.

One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.

She rose comforted, and drawing the baby's cradle out into the veranda, seated herself at her embroidery.

Late into the night they lingered on the veranda, and he found himself on the verge of confessing all to her.

The broad veranda was shaded by a clump of tall banana-trees, swaying to and fro in the gentle breeze.

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