Porch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building.
  • n. An open or enclosed gallery or room attached to the outside of a building; a verandah.
  • n. Obsolete A portico or covered walk.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A covered and enclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof.
  • n. A portico; a covered walk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under carriage, and loggia.
  • n. A portico; a covered walk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway; a covered way or entrance, whether inclosed or uninclosed.
  • n. A covered walk, or portico; a stoa.
  • n. A veranda.
  • n. Figuratively, the beginning or entrance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    carriage    loggia   
    Hyponym
    verandah    gallery    portico    front porch    stoep    back porch    deck    veranda    stoop   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    portico   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    scorch    torch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    balcony    veranda    courtyard    staircase    doorway    hall    portico    roof    corridor    gallery