porch
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- noun
- /pɔːrtʃ/
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porche
- I grabbed some oranges off the back porch and started to squeeze myself some fresh juice.
- front porch
- sit on the porch
- back porch
I'll hear things like the porch, the deck, the kitchen.
- I'll hear things like the porch, the deck, the kitchen.
- He's sitting on the porch with all his belongings.
- So I want to be wiser on the porch, on my rocking chair.
- Now I get home and all my stuff on the porch and figure it out.
- He starts teaching at the Stoa Poikile, the painted porch in Athens.
- You can place pots too on the porch or on the stairs or both.
- I went out on the porch to actually count the six trees.
- In Kansas, they were kneeling on their porches and praying.
- So I go out on the screened in porch and notice immediately movement.
- Their about their porch is looking at the beach.
Examples
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He's sitting on the porch with all his belongings.
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I was just out on the back porch for a second.
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I went out on the porch to actually count the six trees.
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And suddenly they were on the porch, letting themselves in with a key they had.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can place pots too on the porch or on the stairs or both.
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We sit, a family gathered, on the screened-in porch, looking out over the lake.
Academic text (1990) -
"We spent the morning on the porch, Momma doing crochet and me reading a mystery.
Fiction book (1990) -
I enjoyed sitting on the porch with a cup of tea while watching the sunset.
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The children played on the porch while their parents chatted inside the house.
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She decorated the porch with potted plants and fairy lights for the summer party.
Synonyms
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A covered area at the front of a house where people can sit
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3.8
A long narrow passage in a building used for walking and viewing
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3.9
A small set of steps at the front of a house
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2.3
A covered area outside at the back door 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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3.4
A room mostly made of glass that lets in sunlight for sitting and relaxing
A covered walkway supported by columns at the front of Roman or Greek buildings
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A campaign where a candidate meets voters at the candidate's home instead of traveling
- Literature
Giving speeches and meeting supporters at your home instead of traveling to many places
How Sheltered
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word porch comes from the old Latin word porticus, meaning 'entrance' or 'covered place', and later became the Old French word porche. So a porch is still a covered entrance at the front of a house, like a portal ('doorway'), where people can sit or leave things.