porch

CEFRB1

/pɔːtʃ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A covered area at the entrance of a house.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A portico; a covered walk.

Examples

  • Mary would often sit alone on the porch.

  • He sat on his porch, waiting for his friend to come over.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /po(ː)ɹtʃ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

  2. A 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.

More examples

In context

  • Somebody's on the porch!

  • By the time he had put on the backpack, McDivitt was ready to let him do more—to stand on the porch at least.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus (“portico”). Doublet of portego, portico, and porticus.