porch
Meaning
- 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.
- A portico; a covered walk.
- The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
Synonyms
front steps
back steps
open corridor
edge water
open passage
church-porch
fringe water
pulse edge
pulse porch
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɔːtʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.
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