carport
Meaning
A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɑː(ɹ).pɔːt/
Etymology
From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).
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