front porch
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2.0
- noun
- /frʌnt pɔːrtʃ/
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porche
- During the summer evenings, we often gather on the front porch to chat and watch the sunset.
- sit on the front porch
- a front porch swing
- front porch of a house
You got to shovel the front porch, got to get your car all warmed up.
- You got to shovel the front porch, got to get your car all warmed up.
- And we sat on the front porch and told stories.
- And in some of them, they make that offer on the front porch of a person's house.
- I'm just sitting on your front porch wondering how could I be so far?
- It's that screen door on that front porch.
- And this sucker right here sits on the front porch greeting you when you come into our home.
- I'll sit on the front porch all night, please, deep in thoughts of you.
- So today I sit down with cowboy pastor Jeff Smith and talk on his front porch of his ranch.
- I was lying before once, while we sat quiet as mourners on the front porch.
- I'm going to move it either to the bottom of the driveway or on the front porch.
- And he shipped and fell and split his lip on, on a like a stair on my mom's front porch.
- It had a very big window and through the window you could pretty much see their entire house, including the front porch.
- LeBron came to my grandmama house, sat on my front porch right on Bankhead, ate BBQ, kicked it with me, my grandma and all my all my cousins and shit.
Examples
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I was hoping we could sit in the front porch and shuck corn, shoot squirrels...
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Sit on the front porch and fish.
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I would have been happy sitting on the front porch.
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Somebody left it on the front porch.
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And we sat on the front porch and told stories.
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The day was warm, and everyone had moved outdoors to the front porch and yard.
Fiction book (1991) -
I just found a muddy footprint on the front porch.
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Next door, a woman got up from a rocking chair on her front porch and peered down at us.
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The sun came out and we went out on the front porch and saw everything gleaming, wet, and sparkling.
Fiction book (1990) -
I love to sit with a cup of coffee on the front porch and enjoy the morning sunshine.
Synonyms
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1.0
A covered area by the front door where people can sit or leave things
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3.9
A small set of steps at the front of a house
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2.7
A roofed platform along a house at ground level, often partly enclosed
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7.9
A covered entrance to a building with columns like a porch
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9.3
A covered area next to a house with open sides for sitting outside
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Morphology
The meaning 'a covered area attached to the front entrance' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'front' (forward part) with 'porch' (a covered area attached to a building). This simple compound follows common English composition patterns and similar constructions exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun front porch names the covered space attached to the front of a house, the porch where people sit by the door. That's why it means a small 'sitting area' or 'shelter' at the house entrance.