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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.

   "Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out."

2. 2
   a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) wordnet

Synonyms

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gallerypiazzaporchporticosolariumstoop

Example

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"I left some scallions out on the veranda for too long and they dried out."

Etymology

An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.

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