Porch Definition

pôrch
noun
A covered entrance to a building, usually projecting from the wall and having a separate roof.
Webster's New World
An open or enclosed gallery or room on the outside of a building, as a veranda or sun porch.
Webster's New World
A portico.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Porch

Noun

Singular:
porch
Plural:
porches

Origin of Porch

  • Middle English porche from Old French from Latin porticus portico from porta gate per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico").

    From Wiktionary

Porch Sentence Examples

  • The house is still but a sort of porch at the entrance of a burrow.

  • They went through the porch and into the stable.

  • He is waiting at the porch, said the adjutant.

  • As she walked through the screened porch, a tall figure stepped out of the evening shadows.

  • The porch posts were black metal with a filigree design.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOR

Words Ending With

HCHRCH

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porch

Words Starting With P and Ending With H

Starts With P & Ends With HStarts With PO & Ends With HStarts With P & Ends With CH

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