Porch Meaning
/pɔːtʃ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA 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.
nounA portico; a covered walk.
Sentence Examples
Mary would often sit alone on the porch.
Somebody's on the porch!
CEFR Practice Quiz
She sat on the ____ to enjoy the evening breeze and watch the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She sat on the front ____ in the evening, watching the fireflies appear as the sun went down.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least."
— 2012, Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson, Chariots for Apollo:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She sat on the ____ to enjoy the evening breeze and watch the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She sat on the front ____ in the evening, watching the fireflies appear as the sun went down.