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Porch

//pɔːtʃ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught). with-definite-article
Noun
  1. 1
    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.

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

  2. 2
    a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance wordnet
  3. 3
    A portico; a covered walk.
  4. 4
    The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.

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

Etymology

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

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