veranda
noun
Also verandah. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
verandas
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pluralof veranda.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Today, it also runs a restaurant and hotel with six guest rooms in the main house and five modern cabins with floor-to-ceiling windows opening to private verandas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
We are particularly targeting house extensions like verandas.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2022
The colonial-era structure was a staggering sight, with airy verandas, plush living rooms and spacious bedrooms, a garden swimming pool and neatly manicured lawns.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
The boats, many of them elegant two-story structures with verandas, have been moored for decades along the tree-lined banks of the Nile between the island of Zamalek and Giza, just west of central Cairo.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2022
Many of these old brick and stone houses, with their tin-roofed verandas, still stood in Sophiatown, giving the township an air of Old World graciousness.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
