noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A roofed structure for automobile storage, usually attached to a house and not fully enclosed like a garage but with at least one side open to the outdoors.

   "Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage."

2. 2
   garage for one or two cars consisting of a flat roof supported on poles wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

car portroundhouse

Example

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"Franklin decided to improve his carport by walling in the sides and turning it into a garage."

Etymology

From car + port, coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936 and modeled on the French porte cochère (literally “coach entrance”).

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