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porch
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porch  (pôrch, prch)
n.
1. A covered platform, usually having a separate roof, at an entrance to a building.
2. An open or enclosed gallery or room attached to the outside of a building; a verandah.
3. Obsolete A portico or covered walk.

[Middle English porche, from Old French, from Latin porticus, portico, from porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

porch
Noun
a covered approach to the entrance of a building [French porche]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.porchporch - a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
back porch - a porch for the back door
deck - a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
front porch - a porch for the front door
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
portico - a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
stoep, stoop - small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
veranda, verandah, gallery - a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
Translations

porch [pɔːtʃ] npórtico, entrada
porch [pɔːtʃ] nporche m;
(US) → véranda f
porch [pɔːtʃ] n (entrance) → Vorbau m;
(US) → Veranda f
porch [pɔːtʃ] nveranda

porch
n porch [poːtʃ]
1 a covered entrance to a building They waited in the porch until it stopped raining. voorstoep مَدْخَل خارِجي مَسْقوف покрит вход krytý vchod vindfang das Portal στεγασμένη είσοδος porche; pórtico vöörus ورودی سر پوشیده sisäänkäynti porche כְּנִיסָה מְקוּרָה ड्योढी, द्वारमण्डप, बरसाती, अलिन्द streha nad vratima,predvraće s krovom előcsarnok serambi yfirbyggður inngangur portico 玄関 현관 priemenė, priebutis lievenis anjung portaal hall, vindfang ganek alpendre pridvor; tindă подъезд; крыльцо krytý vchod preddverje nastrešnica överbyggd entré, port[] เฉลียง sundurma 門廊 під'їзд; ґанок سائبان mái hiên
2 a veranda. veranda شُرْفَه، برندا веранда veranda veranda die Veranda βεράντα terraza veranda ایوان kuisti véranda מִרפֶּסֶת बरामदा veranda veranda beranda verönd veranda ベランダ 툇마루 veranda veranda beranda veranda veranda weranda varanda verandă веранда veranda veranda trem veranda ระเบียง veranda 遊廊 веранда برآمدہ hành lang


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