porch
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//pɔːtʃ//
- United States//pɔɹt͡ʃ//
- //po(ː)ɹtʃ//
- //poətʃ//
A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
noun
- 1
A covered 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. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.
But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
- 2
A portico; a covered walk.
- 3
The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.
Etymology
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.
Forms
- plural
- porches
porch · A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and…
Porch · A surname.pork · The meat of a pig.porky · Resembling or characteristic of pork.