porch

[ pawrch, pohrch ]

noun

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 philosopher Zeno of Citium and his followers met.
4. Obsolete. a portico.

porch

/ pɔːtʃ /

noun

1. a low structure projecting from the doorway of a house and forming a covered entrance
2. an exterior roofed gallery, often partly enclosed; veranda

Other Word Forms

• porchless adjective
• porchlike adjective
• under·porch noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of porch¹

1250–1300; Middle English porche < Old French < Latin porticus porch, portico

Word History and Origins

Origin of porch¹

C13: from French porche, from Latin porticus portico

Example Sentences

He lives on Sonoma Drive in his grandparents’ old house, where he and his wife married on the back porch and where they are raising their children.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of them are sitting in boxes on a side porch at Garland’s mother’s house, and others are in a climate-controlled warehouse in Harbor City donated by a friend in the tile industry.

From Los Angeles Times

He began serving cacao to visitors on his porch, and friends started calling them “cacao ceremonies.”

From Los Angeles Times

An amateur musician whom The Times covered when he performed impromptu pandemic-era cello concerts from his Pasadena porch, Kim has reputation for being calm and cerebral, and aware of the complexities in running a university.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s alone when the movie starts, pacing the film’s only set, a century-old house with a wrap-around porch that the ghost is unable to go outside and enjoy.

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Related Words

• balcony
• deck
• portico
• stoop
• veranda