verandah

CEFRB1

/vəˈɹændə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A roofed platform along the outside of a house.

Examples

  • Therefore the safe return of the Roper party was the usual topic of our nightly conclaves in the verandah.

  • I usually read on the verandah.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
1
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

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In context

  • We didn't eat in the dining room no more. There was a side porch, a sort of verandah thing with glass windows, with a door to the dining room and a door to the kitchen, and we all ate there after that.

  • Constructed from the native timbers rimu, kauri, or matai, the interior has been refurbished in sympathy with the era of the home. The five bedrooms are individually designed, all with private balconies or verandahs.

  • There was no moon, only stars set brilliantly in the soft black onyx of the sky : a black night and very silent on Cimiez ; and a black and silent prospect from the verandah […]

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