sun porch
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3.4
- noun
- /sʌn pɔːrtʃ/
- US
:
porche de sol
- The sun porch was filled with potted plants that thrived in the bright light.
- sit on the sun porch
- a sun porch and two bedrooms
So we put her on the sun porch, the UN the unheated sun porch.
- So we put her on the sun porch, the UN the unheated sun porch.
Examples
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And, I want two kids, a boy and a girl, in that order, and a soap box colonial with three bedrooms, a sun porch, a stairway with a white banister, and a convertible den.
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When Rascob started meeting Dominic in the early eighties, the house on the corner of Apthorp Street was a neat and modest white five-room bungalow with green trim, and a screened sun porch added on the front.
Fiction book (2000) -
Leo added that sun porch on the back all by himself.
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The house even has a great sun porch, which we both agreed could be your study.
Fiction book (1993) -
I found him on the sun porch, finishing The Wall Street Journal.
Fiction book (1997) -
Off the living room, there's a sun porch and this space, with a view of the southern-exposure backyard.
Blog text (4) -
After rehearsals, Kerry and I would go to my house where he'd hint around that he wanted to go sit on the sun porch.
Fiction book (1999) -
We helped ourselves to old Rutger Hannover's food, then Kara fell asleep in a wicker chair on the sun porch.
Fiction book (1997) -
We enjoy having breakfast in the sun porch, surrounded by light and warmth.
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On weekends, the family gathers to relax and read books on the sun porch.
Synonyms
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7.5
A room with glass walls and roof that lets in a lot of sunlight
9
6.0
A glass room attached to a house for growing plants
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3.4
A room with large windows that lets in a lot of sunlight
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4.6
A room attached to a house with large windows that lets in sunlight
A room with large windows that lets you enjoy sunlight indoors
A room with large windows for sitting and enjoying sunlight
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sun' (the source of light/heat) with 'porch' (a covered area attached to a building): it denotes a porch intended to admit sunlight (a sunroom). This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun sun porch comes from the image of a porch, a small covered area attached to a house, fitted with large windows to catch the sun. That's why it means 'a room with glass that lets in sunlight'.