Porch
11porch — porchless, adj. porchlike, adj. /pawrch, pohrch/, n. 1. an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway. 2. a veranda. 3. the Porch, the portico or stoa in the agora of ancient Athens, where the Stoic… …
12Porch — A porch is a structure attached to a building, forming a covered entrance to a vestibule or doorway. [cite book first=Francis D.K. last= Ching year= 1995 title= A Visual Dictionary of Architecture edition= publisher=John Wiley and Sons… …
13porch — n. 1) (AE) a back; front porch (BE uses veranda) 2) (AE) a sun porch (BE has sun lounge) 3) (AE) a screened, screened in porch (BE uses veranda) 4) (BE) a church porch * * * [pɔːtʃ] front porch (BE uses veranda) screened in porch (BE uses… …
14porch — noun 1 entrance to a building ADJECTIVE ▪ entrance (esp. BrE) ▪ church ▪ back, front PORCH + NOUN ▪ door …
15porch — [[t]pɔ͟ː(r)tʃ[/t]] porches 1) N COUNT A porch is a sheltered area at the entrance to a building. It has a roof and sometimes has walls. Is there a light in the porch or garden? 2) N COUNT A porch is a raised platform built along the outside wall… …
16porch n — Julie the blonde, getting desperate for money, went into the richer neighborhoods looking for odd jobs. At the first house she called on, the man said Yeah, I have a job for you. How about painting my porch. Sure, said Julie, I ll do it for fifty …
17Porch — Recorded in the spellings of Porch, Porcher and Portch, this is an English surname. It usually derives from the Middle English word porche , itself of Germanic origins, and in former times described a covered area at the entrance to a manor house …
18porch — Synonyms and related words: Easter sepulcher, French door, ambry, apse, archway, back door, baptistery, barway, blindstory, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, chancel, choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt,… …
19porch — [13] Porch and portico [17] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Italian portico, a descendant of Latin porticus ‘covered gallery or entry’, but whereas portico was borrowed directly, porch came via Old French porche. Porticus was… …
20porch — n veranda, stoop; portico, gallery, galilee, vestibule, loggia; solarium, sun porch, sleeping porch …
