Veranda Meaning
/vəˈɹæn.də/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
Sentence Examples
I left some scallions out on the veranda for too long and they dried out.
They have a very nice veranda.
Tom and Mary are outside on the veranda.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Every evening, the old couple sat on the wooden ____ to watch the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We enjoyed sitting on the ____ during the summer evenings, watching the sunset over the beautiful green fields today.
Word Origin & History
An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out."
— 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 66:
"No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
"Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us."
— 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every evening, the old couple sat on the wooden ____ to watch the sunset.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We enjoyed sitting on the ____ during the summer evenings, watching the sunset over the beautiful green fields today.