porch

Meaning

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.
2. A portico; a covered walk.
3. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

Synonyms

veranda

balcony

verandah

terrace

portico

corridor

gallery

awning

courtyard

facade

front steps

entrance

shelter

stoop

vestibule

deck

doorway

piazza

platform

back steps

loggia

screen

shed

stoa

threshold

verge

lanai

open corridor

edge water

open passage

church-porch

front porch

fringe water

pulse edge

aisle

pulse porch

brim

colonnade

corral

doorstep

edge

entrance hall

entryway

framework

fringe

front room

hanger

lean-to

margin

open

Translations

porche

véranda

Veranda

porche

veranda

portico

zuilengang

portiek

portale

Vorbau

veranda

portique

porticato

Vorhalle

porxo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔːtʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: porche

In summary

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.